To produce bunched strands of, for example, motor-vehicle tyre cord, which is made in a double-twist bunching machine, the bunching machine is preceded directly by a multi-wire drawing machine, by which at least some of the wires produced are wound onto a single reel and these serve directly for feeding the double-twist bunching machine.

The disclosure relates to a quick release tube couplings in which a collet with resilient arms is arranged to co-operate with a tapering cam surface in a member surrounding the collet to force the arms to grip a tube within the collet. The member is formed from two, male and female parts each having a bore, the male part bore being tapered to provide the cam surface. The male and female parts are ...

The invention relates to an automatic injection device comprising a discharge mechanism, a cartridge holder and a cartridge which is slidably accommodated in the holder, the cartridge comprising a glass ampoule having an injection needle connected thereto. A sheath of shrinkable plastic sheet is shrunk around the ampoule entirely or for the greater part thereof.

The pulverulent coating material consists of a mixture of additives, such as fillers, pigments, wetting agents and an antifoam, of an organic binder and of a thickener. In the pollutant-free, environmentally compatible coating material, 5 to 70% by weight of a pulverulent organic binder having a natural film-forming temperature below 10 DEG C, preferably below 5 DEG C, and 0.1 to 3% by weight of x...

A method for making acoustical tile having a pattern of raised portions and portions in relief on the tile surface is provided by contacting deformable, acoustical tile fiber composition pulp with a hollow embossing roll containing the pattern in reverse and interstices communicating from the surface of the roll into the hollow interior of the roll; pressing the roll against the deformable pulp wi...

A method of dewaxing a vegetable oil which comprises adjusting the temperature of a vegetable oil containing a wax to allow the wax to crystallize and subjecting the temperature-adjusted oil to filtration by means of a porous membrane having a critical surface tension ( gamma c) of less than 33 dynes/cm and having an average pore diameter of 0.05 to 5 mu m, thereby selectively permeating the vege...

There is disclosed a method for preparing a coated powder comprising the steps of adding a carbon powder and an aluminum nitride powder to a methylsilicic acid powder or a precursor of the methylsilicic acid and mixing them and then subjecting the resulting mixed powder to a heat treatment in an atmosphere including an inert gas or a carbon component-containing gas in order to coat the aluminum ni...

A tubular ceramic body of aluminium titanate for metal-encased, gas-conducting channels in the cylinder head of a combustion engine is provided on its outer surface, which is intended to have the metal melt cast around it, with a coating of glass or glass ceramic.

A tubular ceramic body of aluminium titanate for metal-encased, gas-conducting channels in the cylinder head of a combustion engine has on its outer surface, which is intended to have a metal melt cast around it, an oxide-ceramic coating applied by plasma spraying, which coating contains from 65.0 to 99.8 % by weight of aluminium titanate, from 0 to 34.8 % by weight of a mixture of aluminium oxide...

A circulatingly driven processing drum comprises radially arranged, outwardly open compartments into which there are to be introduced printed products. These printed products are delivered in a suspended orientation. A substantially linear, horizontally oriented transporting or conveying arrangement serves this purpose. This transporting or conveying arrangement has grippers arranged at predetermi...

PURPOSE:To detect the contamination of a piezoelectric vibrator due to electroconductive ink and effect the protection of the captioned circuit by a method wherein a phase difference between an impressed voltage and an inlet current for the piezoelectric vibrator is detected. CONSTITUTION:A driving signal from a driving signal input terminal 11 is inputted into the piezoelectric vibrator 15 throug...

A method and apparatus for driving a plurality of strip rewinding shafts or cores are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of hydraulic motors for separately driving a plurality of strip rewinding shafts or cores. The hydraulic motors are connected parallel with a common hydraulic pump to be independently and simultaneously driven by the pump. The hydraulic pump is in turn connected to a D...

Mounting apparatus for expandable honeycomb insulation panels includes a head rail for anchoring the panel to a window jamb or wall and a sill rail at the opposite end of the honeycomb panel for contracting and expanding the honeycomb panel to move it upwardly and downwardly over the window surface. Lift mechanisms for the sill rail include a vertical drop cord lift system, a parallel bar cord gui...

PCT No. PCT/SE87/00166 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 21, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 21, 1988 PCT Filed Apr. 1, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/06151 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 1987.An apparatus for exchanging ions, molecules, gas, liquid, and/or heat between a first fluid and at least one second fluid, particularly when treating blood, includes a rigid vessel (1) having a substantially circular cylindrical center part (1...

PCT No. PCT/SE87/00166 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 21, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 21, 1988 PCT Filed Apr. 1, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/06151 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 1987.An apparatus for exchanging ions, molecules, gas, liquid, and/or heat between a first fluid and at least one second fluid, particularly when treating blood, includes a rigid vessel (1) having a substantially circular cylindrical center part (1...

In the production of cotton swabs from a cotton strip of fibre material, such as cotton wool, viscose or the like, with some fibres which are fusible at least on their surface, and with application of heat for compacting the cotton strip, the swabs of a specific periphery are punched out from the cotton strip after its assembly, and only then are the already punched-out swabs subjected to a heat a...

Bills to be deposited or disbursed are accumulated on a mounting plate 59/74, at the lower end of which there is a gap 76 for allowing passage of bills between a front plate 75 and the mounting plate 74, the gap being opened and closed by gate 78. Plate 75 also aligns the bills on plate 74. An accumulating wheel 9 receives bills from the inside of the machine and drops them onto the mounting plate...

A vertical deflection circuit includes a vertical deflection coil; a vertical deflection circuit for supplying an vertical deflection current to the vertical deflection coil; a current multiplying circuit multiplying a predetermined current upon the current flowing through the vertical deflection coil in an even field or an odd field of a television signal; and the raster of the even field and the...