PURPOSE: A solar heat concentrator and a producing method thereof are provided to improve the inverse proportional relation between the incidence angle and the concentrating ratio an also the concentrating efficiency by dividing the shape of a reflecting face into 3 cells. CONSTITUTION: A CPC(Compound Parabolic Concentrator) type heat concentrator of a solar heat concentrator is composed in one in...

PURPOSE: A solar hot water boiler is provided to acquire heat of high temperature by maximizing the focus of a ball lens which is not a convex lens but a spherical lens. CONSTITUTION: A boiler has a dish type high temperature heat collector for collecting heat of high temperature by preventing the reflection of the solar heat by forming a ball lens on an opaque glass plate and by restraining the d...

The method involves moving the object (9) along a rotation axis (6) with respect to a detector unit carrier (7) as it rotates. Measurement data sets are acquired simultaneously by detector rows at various rotation angles during an object rest phase. The revolution rate (n) is selected so that the carrier rotates through an angle at least as great as the required range for reconstruction during the...

An electronically controlled sample warper having a yarn exchange mechanism is provided which is capable of extremely reducing yarn looseness possibly occurring during yarn exchange as compared with conventional methods, preventing large variations in yarn tension produced when a yarn is removed to improve the quality of warping and significantly improve the speed of yarn exchange, unlike conventi...

Tire building apparatus and method wherein the cut to length tread (35) is transported to a drum (18) on a conveyor (20) having laterally movable driving rollers (72) and inverted guide rollers (90) engaging the inner surfaces (92) of raised shoulders of the tread (35). Control of the tread length is provided by measuring the length of the tread before and while it is being wrapped on the drum (18...

A process for the production of methanol is disclosed wherein the gaseous reactants of CO, H2 and optimally CO2 are reacted in a distillation column reactor in the presence of an inert C7-C12 component, which is boiling at the reaction temperature within the catalyst bed. The inert component is taken overhead along with the methanol and separated therefrom for reflux of the inert component back to...

A method for producing a partitioned container of the present invention includes the steps of providing a preform having an interior surface; separately forming an inner wall for insertion into the preform; inserting the inner wall into the preform; preparing for molding and molding the preform and inner wall into the partitioned container; and activating a manner for securing the inner wall to th...

A method for controlling physical security of a computer removably coupled to a network wherein a security administrator associated with a server invokes a timer in a client computer and disables (I) the client computer if the computer is not operated within the network with a frequency preset (B) by the security administrator. Techniques are provided in the client computer to inhibit breach of th...

A minimally invasive medical or surgical device (10) creates holes in heart tissue utilizing a needle (20) connected to an energy source, such a radio frequency generator (36), a resistive heating source or a microwave energy source. The needle is inserted into heart tissue from an exterior of the heart, and activated to heat the surrounding tissue in order to produce reversible damage. The device...

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Fehlererkennung von Mikroprozessoren in Steuergeräten eines Kfz, wobei ein Steuergerät mittels eines Datenbusses Daten senden und empfangen kann, wobei der Ausgang des Mikroprozessors mittels einer Watchdog-Schaltung überwacht wird, wobei die Watchdog-Schaltung die von dem Mikroprozessor ausgegebenen Signale mit vorgegebenen Signalmustern vergle...

A method and monitoring unit for recording the status of a railroad vehicle prior to a potential accident. In a monitoring unit mounted in or on a railroad vehicle, such as a locomotive, a video camera (130) is provided to continuously view a scene that the railroad vehicle approaches. The monitoring unit continuously monitors the status of an emergency brake (162) of the railroad vehicle and the ...

Verfahren zur photometrischen Auswertung von Testelementen mit einer Nachweiszone, das stabil gegen Positionierungstoleranzen der Nachweiszone ist, mit den Schritten: Aktivierung einer ersten Lichtquelle zur Bestrahlung eines ersten Bereiches der Nachweiszone und Detektion von der Nachweiszone reflektierten oder durch die Nachweiszone transmittierten Lichtes zur Generierung eines ersten Detektions...

A composite label (1) including a first layer (5) of printed polyester for displaying information at a first major surface (2) of the label and a second layer (7) including material having a density less than the polyester for presenting information at a second major surface (3) of the label, the second layer including a removable portion (8) arranged to be separated from the label and secured to ...

A tyre assembly drum with a central shaft (2) fixed to a frame (10) comprises two plates (3) that can slide axially w.r.t. each other on the central shaft (2); on each plate are hinged a group of connecting rods (4) with all hinge axes (40) in the same plane perpendicular to the shaft axis and equidistant from it. They are capped at the other end (41). The rods (4) are controlled to move between a...

A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm that the test strip has not been inserted upside down...

An off-lane alarm apparatus is disclosed in which an image signal provided from a line camera mounted on a car roof is quantized into a corresponding binary image by an image processing device to detect a lane on a road surface whereby an alarm is generated when an off-lane state of the car from the lane is detected. After mounting a line camera on a car, markers preset at predetermined positions ...

A method of free form fabrication of metallic components, typically using computer aided design data, comprises selective laser binding and transient liquid sintering of blended powders. The powder blend includes a base metal alloy, a lower melting temperature alloy, and a polymer binder that constitutes approximately 5-15% of the total blend. A preform part is built up, layer-by-layer, by localiz...

A winding unit (14) for forming a toroidal carcass (1) by winding a textile cord (5) in a spiral about a toroidal frame (7) defined by two coaxial annular beads (2) and by a removable annular element (9) located outwards of the beads (2) to define, with the beads (2), two annular openings (11); the unit (14) presenting a plate element (16) releasably connectable to the annular element (9), and a s...

In-jet printing and specifically films for use therein are disclosed. The ink-jet printing films include a polyester carrier film with a coating layer on at least one side thereof for receiving the print. Said coating includes a gelatin-type polyamine-polyacid and a water-dispersible copolyester with sulphonyloxy units and/or a water-soluble or alkali-soluble latex.

The invention relates to a rubber tire composed of carbon black reinforced rubber carcass and having a rubber tread which is quantitatively reinforced with silica and which, in turn, has a thin, integral, rubber outer cap on its outer surface which contains a quantitative amount of carbon black. In one aspect, said outer cap, sometimes referred to herein as an outer top cap, extends across the out...