Tomography or X-ray CT fluoroscopy reduced in exposure to radiation in an X-ray CT apparatus or an X-ray CT fluoroscopic apparatus is to be substantialized. A channel-direction X-ray collimator or a beam forming X-ray filter is positionally controlled in the channel direction to carry out X-ray data acquisition while irradiation with X-rays limited to only the region of interest. Either the profil...

A system, method, apparatus and computer code are provided for producing coherent symbols from digital RF transmitters. A receiver receives a first initialization packet containing a plurality of stuff bytes and Trellis coders are deterministically initialized using the first initialization packet.; Se proporcionan un sistema, metodo, aparato y codigo de computadora para producir simbolos coherent...

A device for separating components such as fibrin monomer from blood by centrifugation about a central axis comprising a first annular chamber (7 0) defined by an outer cylindrical wall (72) and an inner cylindrical wall (71) both walls being concentrically accommodated about an axis of rotation, and by a top wall (73) and a bottom wall (74), where the bottom wall is formed by a piston (55) displa...

An earth-boring bit comprises a bit body bit body in which are mounted a plurality of cutting structures inserts, wherein at least a portion of the cutting structures comprise diamond--impregnated inserts having a total thermal exposure of less than 25 minutes above 1500.degree.F. The diamonds can be natural or synthetic diamond. The bit body itself may be diamond-impregnated, in which case it is ...

UNIDADE DE POTêNCIA. A presente invenção refere-se a permitir que uma distância entre centros entre um eixo de manivelas e um eixo de mudança de marcha dispostos em paralelo um com o outro seja mantida pequena e uma unidade de potência seja construída compactamente em uma direção de disposição do eixo de manivelas e do eixo de mudança de marcha, e sustentar confiavelmente o eixo de mudança de marc...

COLETORA DE VENTOS PARA GERAçãO DE ENERGIA cujo corpo é de forma piramidal oca truncada ou cónica oca truncada que se apóia em uma base, apresentando na sua parte frontal uma abertura de um diâmetro maior (A) do que o da sua parte posterior constituída de espessura e altura compatíveis a fim de resistir a captação dos ventos da zona ande vai ser implantada referida coletora, diminuindo gradualment...

Deze uitvinding betreft enerzijds een filterelement (2) voorzien van een profieldraad (1) omvattende twee zich naar een lasvoet (3) uitstrekkende zijflanken (4,5), waarbij de genoemde zijflanken (4,5) via een tegenover de lasvoet (3) gelegen kopvlak (6) met elkaar verbonden zijn. Anderzijds betreft deze uitvinding een werkwijze voor het vormen van dergelijke filterelementen. Dergelijke filtereleme...

Verbeterd doorstroomapparaat voor het behandelen van een fluïdum, dat in hoofdzaak bestaat uit een behuizing in de vorm van een pot (2) met een deksel (3) dat voorzien is van een inlaat (4) en een uitlaat (5) voor het fluïdum en een in de behuizing aangebracht verwisselbaar buisvormig doorstroomelement (6) daardoor gekenmerkt dat in de ruimte (12), aan de binnenzijde van het element (6) tegenover ...

An adjustable support tool for either vertical or horizontal mounting. The adjustable support tool comprises a rod slidably received by a tube. The rod has depressions formed thereon. A threaded portion is coupled to the tube and a hand grip tightener is turnable engaged to the threaded portion for adjusting their overall length. A ratchet housing is resiliently engaged to the hand grip tightener....

A vulcanizing mold for pneumatic tires includes a plurality of mold pieces for forming a tread portion of the tire, which can be assembled with each other in a circumferential direction of the tire. Each mold piece has a molding surface for forming a tread pattern of the tire tread portion, and end surfaces where adjacent mold pieces are in abutment with each other when they are assembled. The end...

It is an object of the present invention to provide spherical metal particles having excellent monodispersity. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing monodisperse spherical metal particles characterized by passing liquid metal through a porous membrane so as to disperse the resulting liquid metal particles in a continuous liquid phase.

A compact, long lasting sensor for measuring components such as moisture in moving sheets including paper in a papermaking apparatus employs light sources that produce radiation within defined wavelength regions of interest and the light sources are modulated at high frequencies using non-mechanical techniques. A single detector with various radiation sources can measure at all frequencies while k...

Conventionally, there are problems that high resolution is difficult to be achieved since an extreme narrow width bank can not be formed and an aperture ratio as a light-emitting device is low. In addition, there is a threat of electrostatic discharge damage or adhesion of dust during the transportation of a substrate provided with an anode into the equipment for depositing EL material. In view of...

The present invention relates to a method and a device for the lateral guidance of a vehicle. A warning device that outputs a warning signal when straying from a traffic lane is able to be turned off by a switching means when driving on a road that is not suitable for lateral guidance, in particular an inner-city road, and be turned on again when reaching a road that is suitable for lateral guidan...

Coated milling insert has a WC-Co cemented carbide with a low content of cubic carbides and a highly W-alloyed binder phase and a coating including an inner layer of TiC_xN_y with columnar grains followed by a layer of kappa-Al₂O₃ and a top layer of TiN. The coated milling insert is particularly useful for milling of grey cast iron with or without cast ski...

A test strip is provided for having liquid applied thereto and for determini ng the presence or quantity of an analyte in such liquid. Specifically, the test strip comprises a reaction zone which varies in reflectance as a function of the quantity of analyte present in the applied liquid. The strip is to be inserted into an optical reading apparatus. A standard zone is positioned on the strip so a...

The present invention is a polyurethane carpet backing prepared from a polyurethane-forming composition wherein fly ash is included as a filler material. High loadings of fly ash can be obtained without detriment to the process for preparing a polyurethane carpet backing, or adverse effect to the physical properties of the carpet baking.

SISTEMA LOCAL DE LIBERAçãO DE SUBSTáNCIA ATIVA E PROCESSO PARA SUA PREPARAçãO. A presente invenção refere-se a um sistema local de liberação de substância ativa, que consiste aproximadamente de corpos esféricos ou de rotação simétrica, que são constituídos essencialmente de polimetilmetacrilato ou polimetilmetacrilato-co-metilacrilato, diáxido de zircónio ou sulfato de bário e uma ou mais substânc...

MATERIAL DE IMPLANTE. A presente invenção refere-se a corpos moldados, moldados por rotação simétrica ou irregularmente moldados, consistindo em pelo menos um membro do grupo dos sais antibióticos miristato de gentamicina, palmitato de gentamicina, estearato de gentamicina, miristato de tobramicina, palmitato de tobramicina, estearato de tobramicina, miristato de amicacina, palmitato de amicacina,...

PROCESSO PARA A DESIDRATAçãO DE ETANOL. A presente invenção refere-se a um processo para a produção de um etanol pobre em água a partir de pelo menos duas correntes de etanol mais rico em água, que apresentam um diferente teor de água, através de desidratação em membranas, bem como o uso do etanol pobre em água para a produção de éter etil-terc-butílico (ETBE).; Preparation of an water-poor ethano...