PCT No. PCT/NO94/00163 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 10, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 10, 1996 PCT Filed Oct. 11, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/10764 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 20, 1995An apparatus for testing a shear thickening plugging fluid that is an emulsion of two components which react with each other to provide a thickening of the fluid when subjected to high stress, such apparatus comprising a cylinder (1) having an...

PURPOSE:To increase operability and reduce the fatigue of a driver by measuring the transient state of vibration as a vertical acceleration, which is used as a parameter, and, based on the deviation from a preliminarily set standard acceleration, controlling a fuel injection pump to achieve an optimum backward vehicle speed. CONSTITUTION:In the backward operation of a crawler vehicle such as large...

PURPOSE:To maintain the satisfactory strength of a transmission case without any increase in its thickness by providing a hydraulic actuator for operating a hydraulic operating mechanism and a shift rod on a cover for blocking up an opening of a transmission case. CONSTITUTION:An opening 14a for opening the side of a hydraulic clutch B is formed on a mid case 14, the end portions of shift rods 17,...

The present invention is related to a foot for a rotatable chair incorporating a hub (1) for the chair center rod (2), and a base part with an essentially trumpet-shaped contour suited for upholstering with leather or similar material. The chair foot is characterized in that the foot comprises a trumpet-shaped center part (3) made from injection-moulded material, an outer rim part (4) suited to ac...

An article of manufacture is disclosed for absorbing liquids, particularly body fluids such as menses. The disclosed article is disposable and has a wrapper associated therewith. An elastic material is secured to the backsheet and is maintained in a substantially tensioned state until separation of the wrapper from the backsheet. Upon separation of the wrapper from the backsheet the tension in the...

The present invention provides a fluid accepting, transporting and retaining structure, useful in disposable absorbent articles. In-use fluid deposited on a disposable absorbent article employing such a structure is moved via interfiber and intrafiber transport to a fluid retention area remote from the point of fluid insult. By moving fluid away from the point of insult a more effective use of the...

A compact disk changer includes a magazine having an inner body and an outer body that are rotatable independently of one another about a common axis of rotation. The inner and outer bodies are slideably interconnected by a helical member so that relative rotation between the bodies in a first direction increases the axial spacing between them and relative rotation in a second direction decreases ...

PCT No. PCT/DE87/00285 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 27, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 27, 1989 PCT Filed Jun. 24, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/01610 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 1988.A ceramic consisting substantially of Al2O3 as ceramic support, ceramic cover layer and/or ceramic supporting structure for heating conductors is described, which is electrochemically stable, which, in other words, does not decompose on appli...

Over tightening of the threaded rods (36, 38, 40, 42) used to engage and remove the cement for prosthetic joints is avoided by measuring the depth of the passages into which the rods (36, 38, 40, 42) are threaded and providing sleeves (28, 30, 32, 34) on the rods (36, 38, 40, 42) which serve as visual indicia of the extent of penetration of the rods (36, 38, 40, 42) into the cement. A depth gauge ...

An imaging apparatus for an electronic endoscope capable of realizing a compact size and improved optical characteristics simultaneously. In the apparatus, the imaging element (2) is mounted on the rigid circuit substrate (1) by means of a mold resin (7) such that the substrate connection pads (10) of the rigid circuit substrate (1) and the element connection pads (11) of the imaging element (2) a...

The present invention relates to a gas fluidized bed polymerization process comprising passing a gaseous stream comprising olefin-type monomer through a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a catalyst under reactive conditions to produce polymeric product and a stream comprising unreacted monomer gases, compressing and cooling said stream, mixing said stream with feed components and returning ...

A device for administering solid or semisolid preparations in an organism subcutaneously. The equipment comprises a barrel (3) having a nozzle (5) for attachment of a hollow needle (4), a plunger (2) slidably arranged in the barrel and is used in combination with a guide member (15) adapted to be snugly accommodated within the lumen of the barrel. The solid preparations (16) are generally housed i...

Method for inserting of a transponder into a living being using a guide. Introduction of the transponder is effected near the base of the ear. The guide (needle) is inserted in a position into the skin being situated between the base of the ear flap and the part of the triangular piece of cartilage (the cartilago scutiformis) lying closest to the skin.

An image processor is composed of a game device body, an operation panel and a display. The game device body is composed of a data processor (11) and a memory (12). The data processor (11) realizes a hit determining circuit (111), an enemy control circuit (112), an enemy (object) set circuit (113), a cursor control circuit (114), an enemy retrieval circuit (115) and a camera control circuit (116) ...

A copper foil for use in making a printed wiring board, having an adhesive face to be adhered onto a substrate and a non-adhesive face not to be adhered onto the substrate, wherein said non-adhesive face has a metallic layer selected from a zinc layer and a zinc alloy layer formed thereon, the metallic layer so formed has or has not a chromate-treated layer formed thereon and the metallic layer or...

The present invention relates to solderable surfaces and surface finishes which comprise zinc. An electrical article is provided comprising a non-conductive substrate for supporting electric device elements. At least one electrical device element is disposed on the non-conductive substrate. At least one metallized region is formed on the non-conductive substrate, the metallized region electrically...

Oxidation reactor (R) of elongate form comprising in combination:   - a mixing member (3) including means (2) for feeding oxidising gas and means (1) for feeding an oxidisable feedstock   - a reaction member (4) following the said mixing member, and   -an evacuation member (5) and evacuation conduit (11) for the reaction products, in which the reaction member (4) comprises a central zone in...

A transmitter for a paging system, includes degree indicating means (11) for producing a first signal which is representative of a degree N in response to a signal which is representative of a bit rate N.R (16), where N is a positive integer and R is a basic bit rate, interleaving means (12) for N-degree interleaving input data having the bit rate N.R in response to the first signal to produce an ...

An on-board control system for an electrically powered boat having a dashboard module 10 and a control module 12 interconnectable by a cable 14, the control module having terminals 50,72 for connection of a remote D.C. motor and a battery bank, and terminals for connection of the battery bank to an on-shore charger, while motor speed and drive direction are controlled by a single lever 18 on the d...

This invention relates to a method of increasing the dispersibility and mixability of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid by applying a film of hydrolyzed starch oligosaccharide, a mono-or di-saccharide, a polyglucose, or a polymaltose.