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.

2108278 9221715 PCTABS00017 Porous materials suitable for a variety of uses including waterproof/breathable fabrics, air filters, liquid filters, liquid/liquid separation membranes, vascular grafts, mechanical seals, etc. which comprises an intimate combination of about 50 to 99.9 wt % polyetrafluoroethylene polymer and about 0.1 to 50 wt % of a fluorinated organic polymer which is liquid under am...

A circuit for buffering and parity checking digital data communicated between first and second data buses includes a plurality of birectional bit buffer circuits. Each of the birectional bit buffer circuits includes a first data path comprising a data receiver, latch, and driver connected in series between the first and second data buses, respectively; a second data patch comprising a data receive...

Described is an optical data storage system which comprises a multiple data surface medium (12) and optical head. The medium comprises a plurality of substrates (50, 56, 62, 68) separated by a light transmissive medium. Data surfaces are located on the substrate surfaces which lie adjacent a light transmissive medium. The data surfaces are substantially light transmissive.

SA9-91-019 MULTIPLE DATA SURFACE OPTICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD An optical data storage system comprises a multiple data surface medium and optical head. The medium comprises a plurality of substrates separated by a light transmissive medium. Data surfaces are located on the substrate surfaces which lie adjacent a light transmissive medium. The data surfaces are substantially light transmi...

SA9-91-018 MULTIPLE DATA SURFACE DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD An optical data storage system comprises a multiple data surface medium and optical head. The medium comprises a plurality of substrates separated by a light transmissive medium. Data surfaces are located on the substrate surfaces which lie adjacent a light transmissive medium. The data surfaces are substantially light transmissive. T...

A food additive microbicidal composition consisting essentially of a major portion of carrier and an effective sanitizing amount of octanoic acid. Optionally, the invention may also consist essentially of any variety of formulatory ingredient options or application adjuvants. The invention comprises concentrate compositions and methods of sanitizing and disinfecting using the antimicrobial composi...

The invention generally comprises a composition capable of sanitizing and disinfecting antimicrobial efficacy while also being ingestible as a food additive residue by humans and mammals. Specifically, the microbicidal composition of the invention generally comprises a carrier and an antimicrobial agent, wherein the antimicrobial agent generally comprises a C5 to C14 unsat- urated monocarboxylic a...

Nested galvanized metal angle pieces 13 having a nestable profile arranged in at least two side-by-side stacks are separated one from another by preformed metal wire spacers provided with a corrosive resistant coating, e.g. galvanised and formed with a zig-zag profile corresponding to the cross-section of at least part of the profile of two of the angle pieces when positioned in side-by side relat...

The device for introducing reagents into an organometallic vapour phase deposition apparatus consits of a valve body comprising two chambers (C1, C2), each of them being suited to be placed in communication with a way (1) for the introduction of the reagent and being permanently connected with two ways (2, ...) traversed by carrier gas.

Zeolites are synthesised from an aqueous reaction mixture containing sources of silica, alumina, alkali metal and nitrogenous organic directing agent in two stages, a lower-temperature nucleation stage and a higher temperature crystallisation stage. The directing agent may be supplemented by an alcohol or diol. Catalysts comprising zeolites so synthesised are of particular value in alkylation of b...

A process for picking up a load from a stack which includes the steps of calculating a height by which a pallet carrying a stack of layers of a load thereon will have to be raised to enable the upper end of the stack to reach a set level of height for detection, from input data on the height of each of the layers and the number of the layers; raising the pallet until the upper end is detected at t...

In a method for counting box blanks 12A moving along a conveyance path, the distance between the leading and trailing edges of a reference article is measured and the counter 18 is disabled from when the detector 24 detects the leading edge of each succeeding article, until the article has moved through substantially this reference distance. Perforations and print features cannot cause false count...

The nipper unit comprises a lower nipper as well as a an upper nipper and an auxiliary nipper, the latter two each being movable with respect to the lower nipper between a closed position and an open position. The auxiliary nipper is spring-loaded against its closed position. If the upper nipper is in its opened position, the auxiliary nipper is in its closed position and is used to tightly clamp ...

A compression ring for an internal-combustion engine includes an outer circumferential surface and a lower circumferential surface which define a lower outer circumferential corner, a radially extending first butt end face having a circumferentially projecting rib, and a radially extending second butt end face opposing the first butt end face and having a circumferentially extending notch for rece...

The operation of a driving system for a cigarette packing machine, wherein the driving system has a rotary main drive and several slave drives electrically connected to the main drive, is controlled in such a way that any selected slave drive can be disconnected from, decelerated to zero speed, accelerated from zero speed to normal speed and reconnected into the drive system in predetermined angul...

The fitting for securing the insulation layer consists of a strip (1) separated by folding lines into three areas. The first area (2) is used for attaching the fitting to the wall, the second, bent at 90 deg. projects from the wall and through the insulation material. The final area (8) is bent through 90 deg. parallel to the first area to hold the insulation in place. USE/ADVANTAGE - Fixing of in...

A direct drive power window actuator for remote opening and closing of a pivotable quarter window of an automotive vehicle comprising a reversible motor, a power transmitting gear device operatively connected with the motor at one end and with a rotary shaft at the other end for rotating the rotary shaft, and a window mounted linkage for converting the rotational torque of the rotary shaft into an...

An ironing installation incorporates a support device with an ironing spar. The spar features a fixed ironing base in the section located opposite the ironing body. The lower transport belt of the transport installation runs merely before and behind the ironing base on the top side of the spar. The transport installation is equipped with a conveyor at least above the ironing base. The conveyor can...