A continuous marine pipe laying system utilizes two rollers to overbend and straighten pipe as it is unwound from a reel. A support arm is pivotally connected to the axis of rotation of said reel and first and second roller arms are pivotally connected to the support arm at a point spaced from said axis of rotation. During use, the first roller is positioned at a point adjacent the pipe substantia...

PURPOSE:To obtain a sealed lead-acid battery suitable for charge-discharge cycle use by filling lead powder in a clad type grid having tubes, immersing the grid in dilute sulfuric acid, and smoothing the surface by press-forming. CONSTITUTION:Lead powder is filled in a clad type positive plate having cylindrical tubes 7, and they are immersed in dilute sulfuric acid, then press-molded to form a sm...

A laser printer (10) is fed with single sheets (12) separated from each other and provided from a plurality of micropunched paper reels (221,222,....,22n) through a like plurality of tearing devices (141,142,....,14n), each having the inlet connected, through paper web diverters (201,202,...,20n), to a respective reel (221,222,...,22n), the tearing devices being all connected at the outlet through...

A method of making a lead-acid battery includes providing continuous lengths of end separator stock, positive plate stock, intermediate separator stock and negative plate stock with optional use of end separators. The separators, positive plates and negative plates are individually severed from the continuous length of stock and sequentially formed into an assembly. The assembly is introduced into...

A method of making a lead-acid battery includes providing continuous lengths of end separator stock, positive plate stock, intermediate separator stock and negative plate stock with optional use of end separators. The separators, positive plates and negative plates are individually severed from the continuous length of stock and sequentially formed into an assembly. The assembly is introduced into...

In a system having plural CPUs, at least one of which is continuously operating and at least another of which is intermittently operating, autonomous counters monitor counter reset signal indicating normal operation of respective CPUs, each counter producing a CPU reset signal when it fails to receive a counter reset signal within a predetermined time period. To prevent erroneous indication of a m...

PURPOSE:To obtain a high luminance emission characteristic, and to achieve driving at a low voltage by including 0.1-5.0 volume % of hydrogen in a luminous layer thin film. CONSTITUTION:0.1-5.0 volume % of hydrogen is included in a luminous layer thin film. Namely, when the amount of hydrogen in the luminous layer thin film is less than 0.1 volume % or exceeds 5 volume %, the reduction in luminanc...

A method and an assembly for decontaminating a material. The material is charged into a container (2), where at first steam (4) is introduced and fluids including some contaminants are removed. Then extractant (6) is introduced into the container (2), and fluids (8) comprising condensation water, extractant and contaminants are removed. Then the material is stripped with vapour. The dry or slightl...

In accordance with the method, first and second substantially parallel conductors are placed along a pathway and coupled to a controller in a manner so that each may carry a current independently controllable by the controller. A sensing coil is placed in a vehicle having a coil axis approximately perpendicular to the plane of the conductors so as to sense the varying magnetic field caused by vary...

The present invention provides a burner for the partial oxidation under pressure of a first fluid by the second fluid. This burner comprises two fluid introduction tubes, one being internal to the other, with each of the tubes comprising a plate, and with each plate having several holes and a plate of the external tube has holes placed opposite the holes in the internal plate.

An insulating composition comprises a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, and hollow microspheres, at least some of which have been pre-treated with a chain-scission agent and, optionally, a functionalizing agent for the polyolefin, before addition to the polyolefin melt. The provision of the chain-scission on the microspheres enables the microspheres to be compounded substantially without break...

Bead-form olefin polymers are obtained from grit-form olefin polymers by heating in aqueous suspension to temperatures of at least 10 DEG C above their DSC maximum. Incorporation of dyes, stabilisers and/or other fillers can be carried out by coating the grit olefin polymers with these substances in advance. The bead-form polymers are used to produce foam beads by the impregnation process.

PURPOSE: To eliminate the fear of fluid leakage by providing a fluid distributor valve and a disc brake integrally inside the housing of a pressurized fluid device in which a plurality of pistons reciprocated radially in cooperation with a corrugated cam are fitted into a cylinder block. CONSTITUTION: Pistons 10 are fitted into the plurality of radially open cylinders 9 of a cylinder block 7 splin...

PURPOSE:To improve the composited processibility of a superconducting wire by arranging a high purity aluminium core in a matrix, and interposing a processibility-lowering prevention layer made of one material selected from Nb, V, Ti, Ta and each of their alloys between the matrix and the high purity aluminium core. CONSTITUTION:A high purity aluminium core 2 is arranged in the matrix 3 of a super...

PURPOSE:To obtain the critical current and critical current density of an ultrathin multicore superconducting wire necessary for practical use and at the same time to lessen the hysteresis loss thereof by having a matrix formed of Cu10%Ni, and setting the filament diameter of each of NbTi filaments to not more than 0.7 micrometer and setting a space between the filaments in the matrix to a value b...

PURPOSE:To eliminate resistance in a superconductive moulded stranded wire so as to be tightened better, by heat-treating superconductive wires or primary stranded wire in order to recrystallize the matrix metal of each of them or to be anenaled, then stranding the heat-treated wires, moulding the stranded wire and thereafter heat- treating the wire further in order to recrystallize the matrix met...

PURPOSE:To prevent swelling of a superconductive wire rod and obtain an oxide superconductive wire rod having a high critical current density by providing a step for again heating powder a step for preparing powder of an oxide superconductor and a step for filling a cylindrical body with powder. CONSTITUTION:A step for again heating powder is provided between a step for preparing powder and a step...

The present invention relates to a new spongy material consisting essentially of hyaluronic acid or its derivatives. The characteristics of the new pharmaceutical preparations consist in assuring high concentrations of active principle for a long period of time, by exploiting the characteristics of slow release of the active principle. The new pharmaceutical preparations can be utilized advantageo...

An insulating composition comprises a polyolefin, preferably polypropylene, and hollow microspheres, at least some of which have been pre-treated with a chain-scission agent and, optionally, a functionalizing agent for the polyolefin, before addition to the polyolefin melt. The provision of the chain-scission on the microspheres enables the microspheres to be compounded substantially without break...

PCT No. PCT/DE90/00895 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 5, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 5, 1991 PCT Filed Nov. 20, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/11041 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 1991.A power strip for electrical switch devices which includes a plurality of plug connection parts disposed in a base body in a sealed-off manner, and is joined with the aid of contacts to conductor tracks of a first printed wiring board. The cond...