PURPOSE: Provided is a control valve type lead-acid storage battery which is accommodated in a rack having determined size without waste of available space of the rack and enables installation operation to be done safely and effectively by collectively forming cathode and anode terminals at one side in a long side direction and forming a projection part. CONSTITUTION: The control valve type lead-a...

Dental colorimetry device comprises a white light source, means for projecting the light flux onto a tooth, means for collection and spectral selection of light reflected from the tooth, means for measurement of the flux and means for processing the result. The device has a measurement head with a transmission and receipt fiber optic cable that comprises a single fiber with an inner light emission...

A process for the milling of a nuclear graphite contaminated with radioelements includes subjecting the graphite, immersed in a liquid medium, to high-voltage pulses. The liquid medium has a resistivity such that, owing to the effect of the energy conveyed by the said pulses, electric arcs are initiated and, upon contact with the graphite, break the carbon-carbon bonds that make up the graphite. T...

The tube has a filtering device to filter the x-rays emitted by an anode (8). The filtering device consists of a series of filtering plates (14-17) that are attached to a distributor (13) through a joint, where each plate hangs vertically in a storage position. A mechanism is placed opposite to an x-ray emission window (12), where the mechanism is motorized by a motor (18) to modify an orientation...

A device for the production of spherical balls by passing a jet of molten material through vibrating orifices (8) of a granulation crucible (4) to form droplets that solidify during their fall through a cooling tower (16) filled with an inert gas, incorporates an outlet chamber (20) in the fusion vessel (1) and an ultrasound generator (21, 22) to agitate the molten material contained in the outlet...

The recreational unit comprises a rigid tub (10) which is placed on a vehicle seat with its horizontal opening (22) turned upwards. A bag (12) comprises a pocket (34) of the same volume as the tub hollow and has a flat cover (36) which closes the bag opening.

PURPOSE: An apparatus for measuring critical current of a long-length superconducting tape is provided to measure easily the critical current by performing a critical current measurement process using a four-terminal method. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for measuring critical current of a long-length superconducting tape includes a housing, a bottom support plate, an outer wall member, an inner wall...

A command device for a bicycle gear change, comprising: a rotating drum (2) provided with a rotation axis (x) and being predisposed to rotate in opposite directions in order to wind at least a portion of a change-activating cable (3) on a lateral surface of the rotating drum (2); means for rotating, predisposed on command to rotate the rotating drum (2) in opposite directions according to predeter...

The system has an information acquisition unit to acquire information relating to functioning of an engine of a vehicle and conditions of movement of the vehicle. An analyzing unit (12) analyzes the information to determine a desired ratio of a gear box to be engaged. The unit (12) confirms or invalidates the ratio before delivering orders corresponding to control the box for engaging only the rat...

The system (1) has an informing unit to inform a customer that chosen goods counted by a counter exceeds a maximum value of permitted goods. A calculating unit calculates a partial benefit with respect to a billing benefit for adding to a total to inform to a customer. A unit allows use of a commercial benefit at a time of later purchase of goods and deduces the commercial benefit from later purch...

This invention relates to a method for an access manager granting privileges within a communications network (3) to at least some of his customers. The communications network interconnects a plurality of sites (A, B), which a customer can access selectively via a terminal (1, 2), by activating a corresponding access link. According to the invention, a list of privileged access links (URL1) is mana...

The method involves determining a functioning mode based on a set of variables having estimated values to control acceleration, speed of vehicle and crank shaft. A value of rotational speed of an output shaft is corrected such that slipping average (L) of a reduction ratio during a period is between negative and positive threshold values in a permanent mode. The average is outside range of thresho...

PURPOSE: A thin film capacitor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to prevent leakage current by forming a nitride spacer at both sidewalls of a lower metal line. CONSTITUTION: A first electrode layer(13) is formed on a lower insulating layer(12). A nitride spacer(14') is formed at both sidewalls of the first electrode layer. An interlayer dielectric(15) with a via hole for exposing th...

PURPOSE: A thin film capacitor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to improve the capacitance and to reduce the size by using grooves of a lower insulating layer. CONSTITUTION: A lower insulating layer(12) and a thin film capacitor are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate structure(11). The capacitor includes a first electrode layer(14), a dielectric film(15) on the first e...

PURPOSE: A thin film capacitor and a fabricating method thereof are provided to maintain capacitance of a capacitor and miniaturize the size of the capacitor by increasing a contact area among the first electrode layer, a dielectric layer, and the second electrode layer. CONSTITUTION: A first linear via and a second linear via are formed by etching selectively an interlayer dielectric(12) of a sem...

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for binarizing a video signal are provided to divide a picture into a character block and a background block to binarize the picture. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for binarizing a video signal includes an input unit(110) for receiving a picture, and a block classification unit(120) for classifying the picture into a character block and a background block. The apparat...

PURPOSE: A fiber module formed with an optical fiber fixed to an inner part of a package and a fabricating method thereof are provided to prevent contamination of a package due to a degassing element from a coating layer of the optical fiber and enhance the mechanical strength of the optical fiber by improving a structure of the fiber module. CONSTITUTION: A fiber module includes a package and an ...

The support material for earth, and the like, is a woven fabric of synthetic filaments bonded to a nonwoven synthetic fiber three-dimensional material e.g. a cylinder. The materials are bonded together by fusion, stitching or tacking.;

L'invention présentée est constituée d'un assemblage entre une natte tissée faite de cordes de matiériau de synthèse (polymère) et d'une feuille de matériau non-...

PURPOSE: An ultra-low rise height slider design is provided to supply a subambient pressure air bearing for a disk drive having a modular slider and where specific parameters of the slider can be independently transformed, thereby accomplishing an ultra-low rise height. CONSTITUTION: An air bearing surface is set off from a leading edge(13) of a slider(10) by a leading step(14). The leading step(1...

Au moins une partie d'un bouchon est faite de matière plastique expansée (2), laquelle contient des particules (4) en un matériau sensiblement étanche à au moins un gaz.