An optical measuring device, in particular for monitoring the quality of continuous flowing material processes, comprises a measuring head 1 which is disposed directly adjacent to an object M to be measured. A measuring light source 3, held on the measuring head 1, illuminates a measuring spot F on the object M to be measured. The measuring head also accommodates a measuring light receiving device...

A proportional solenoid actuator 10 comprises an armature 14 arranged with reciprocating movement within an armature drive coil 12 and a sensing coil 32. The sensing coil 32 senses the position of the armature 14 relative to the drive coil 12. An exciting coil 34 may be formed coaxially with the other said coils 12, 32. The exciting coil 34 may be energised by a secondary electrical supply with a ...

Subtilase enzymes of the I-S1 and I-S2 sub-groups having an additional amino acid residue in position 128 of the active site loop (c) region from positions 125 to 132. Variant subtilases exhibit improved wash performance in a detergent in comparison to its parent enzyme.

A laser lap welding process of welding together overlapped first (4) and second (5) plated steel sheets, comprising the steps of: inserting inserts (11) between joining surfaces of the first plated steel sheet (4) and the second plated steel sheet (5) to form a gas discharge passage between parts of the first and second plated steel sheets around a weld line; and irradiating parts of the first a...

A centrifuge bowl suitable for separating blood components, in particular concentrated red blood cells. A centrifuge bowl 10 comprises a core 14 having an annular portion 50A and a cylindrical outer wall 50. Annular portion 50A has a thick wall for minimizing the holdup volume of blood components within a collection chamber CC and the radially inner wall of the annular portion is disposed radially...

The fencing comprises interlinked vertical and horizontal wire strands with only some of the horizontal strands formed as electrical conductors (3) with high conductivity whilst the other horizontal strands are non-conducting. Vertical conductor strands (4) with a clearly lower conductivity are attached to the horizontal conductor strands at predetermined intervals. Preferably the horizontal stran...

A shaping drum for a tire having two bead holding systems mounted facing one another on a central shaft. Each of the bead holding systems includes a support mounted to be movable axially relative to the shaft. On each support there is mounted an assembly which includes a plurality of rigid segments and an elastic membrane which surrounds them. The rigid segments are each mounted on the support and...

An image forming machine includes an image forming section for receiving a sheet (9) supplied in a supplying direction, printing an image on the sheet, and discharging the printed sheet in a discharging direction opposite to the supplying direction while changing the sheet upside-down; a sheet supplying table (20) situated adjacent to the image forming section, the sheet supplying table (20) stack...

An improvement in the sealing of bonded batts of fiberfill is obtained by providing a barrier layer of bonded bicomponent binder fibers on one or both faces of the remainder of the batt to prevent or reduce the tendency of the fiberfill to leak through such faces.

There is provided a molded article which has high shock absorbing capability and load capacity. A resin molded article having a spring structure comprises a three-dimensional structure with voids, which is formed by entwining and gathering adjacent ones of random loops or curls of solid and/or hollow continuous filaments and/or short filaments made from a mixture of a polyolefin resin and VAC, EVA...

The sealing cap (1, 2) has a ventilation valve and a sealable withdrawal orifice (13) to which a line (5) can be connected. The withdrawal orifice permits the withdrawal of liquid such that no significant amount of liquid vapor escapes, and the liquid is virtually prevented from coming in contact with the skin. In addition, the sealing cap can be used without difficulty in combination with known h...

A mount for supporting an open umbrella from an object has a bracket adapted to be secured to a portion of the object and a holder for supporting the umbrella. The holder has a receptacle adapted to receive and support the downwardly inserted handle of the umbrella and a yoke oriented to receive the shaft of the umbrella. A spring biased pin permits rapid insertion and removal of the shaft into an...

PCT No. PCT/FR98/00541 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 20, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 20, 1999 PCT Filed Nov. 2, 1999 PCT Pub. No. WO98/41954 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 1998The invention concerns a system for keeping watch over premises, comprising: elements (LA-LD) for controlling access to these premises; elements (V1-V3, P1-P8) for detecting intrusion or unauthorized presence in these premises, including perime...

This invention is related to a tissue ablation system and method that treats atrial arrhythmia by ablating a circumferential region of tissue at a location where a pulmonary vein extends from an atrium. The system includes a circumferential ablation member with an ablation element and also includes a delivery assembly for delivering the ablation member to the location. The circumferential ablation...

Blank for a gun barrel, consisting of a steel bar, which bar, in one or more hot working steps, has been repeatedly wrung about its own longitudinal axis.

In a process for preparing expanded or expandable polymer beads based on biodegradable saturated polyesters made from at least one diol and from at least one dicarboxylic acid,A. polymer pellets are dispersed in a liquid,B. a volatile blowing agent is injected into the dispersion and made to impregnate the pellets at an elevated temperature,C. the pressure on the dispersion is reduced at an elevat...

This invention describes a novel production method of manufacturing metal/ceramic articles with complex internal undercut features using powder injection molding processes The shape of the undercut/hollow feature is initially molded using a disposable material such as a degradable polymer. The PIM feedstock is then molded onto this to form the required shape geometry, in effect encapsulating the p...

Gegenstand der Erfindung ist ein Flurförderzeug, insbesondere Fahrersitzhubwagen oder Fahrerstandhubwagen, mit einem vorzugsweise in Querrichtung des Flurförderzeugs orientierten Fahrerplatz. Im Bereich des Fahrerplatzes ist ein Aggregateraum (3) abgetrennt, in dem zumindest ein elektrischer Antriebsmotor (11) und elektrische Bauelemente (13) angeordnet sind. Erfindungsgemäß ist eine Trägerplatte ...

A conductive paste comprising a conductive powder, an organic binder and a solvent as principal components, wherein the paste also contains at least one selected from the group consisting of N-acylamino acids and salts thereof. The conductive paste has a greatly improved storability without causing separating out or precipitation of the conductive powder even after storing for a prolonged period o...

Disclosed is an MPEG2 transport decoder including a transport parser unit for storing each syntax field value by parsing, outputting each data identified with the packet identifier PID after collecting from each packet data and outputting the interrupt signal if a pointed resister value of the resist values is set; a CPU interface unit for providing an interface between the resister file of said t...