An omnidirectional motorized wheelchair having front wheels consisting of a pair of free wheels, and rear wheels consisting of motor-operated wheels driven by electric motors independently of each other. This wheelchair can be moved forward and backward, turned to right and left, and turned in a fixed position. The motor-operated wheels are moved pivotally in the opposite directions by a steering ...

PCT No. PCT/NO82/00042 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 16, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 16, 1983 PCT Filed Jul. 29, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/00416 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1983.An apparatus for hooking and possibly baiting of a fishing line (1) which is provided with snoods (2) arranged in spaced relationship along the length of the line and each provided with a head (3). The apparatus is provided with a rotatable t...

Fiber mats formed by attenuating molten streams of attenuable mineral material by subjecting the streams to the action of a hot attenuating gas blast. The gas blast induces gas from the surrounding atmosphere, and the combined blast and induced gas forming a fiber-carrying current. The current is directed toward a preforated fiber-collecting conveyor on which the fibers are deposited in the form o...

The invention relates to the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current. To improve the distribution, the gas current carrying the fibers is subjected to the action of a gas layer which envelopes the current and of which the direction of flow in a plane tangent to the gas current differs from that of the gas current. The action of the gas layer results in an expansion of...

An apparatus for heat sealing together layers of strap of thermoplastics material, wherein at least one thin flat electrical heating element is supported under tension and between the layers of strap and the layers of strap are pressed together with a fusing pressure by at least one resilient pressure pad. The heating element, a support for the heating element and the resilient pressure pad form a...

There is disclosed a platelet storage container made from a copolymeric film material capable of being heat sealed at a low temperature and having specified values for (a) carbon dioxide and oxygen permeabilities, (b) tensile strength, (c) stiffness, (d) seal strength, (e) durability, and (f) thickness.

A hospital bed (1, 2, 3) consisting of a cover board (5) and a flush toilet (7) for reception of a patient's excrement, which is arranged under the bed for vertical and horizontal movement. The cover board (5) normally covers a hole (4) in the bed when it is used only as a bed. When required the cover board lowers automatically and is conveyed horizontally away from its covering position and simul...

A container for collecting urine, encloses a capsule contg. a mixt. of gel forming components of cellulose. The contents can be made to contact the collected urine in a predetermined time. - Provides expendable urine container for collection of urine from incontinent people. Also it can be used to collect urine from a catheter connected to the bladder. The capsule is designed to be broken after th...

In a method for installation of a component rack 3 provided with components in an instrument cabinet 1, the component rack is utilized as an installation table, whose one short side is supported by a pair of tilt axles 13 which are mounted in the instrument cabinet. After mounting of the components on the component rack, it is pushed into the instrument cabinet, with the tilt axles forming running...