A strip of resilient material (12) is clamped uniformly across the width of the material at a first position by vertically spaced clamps (42,44) which are separated to stretch a section of the material beyond the elastic limit. The stretched section of material (36) is released and transported on a horizontal conveyor (24) to a second position where the stretched section is cut by a cutter (26) pr...

The invention relates to a method for processing used plastic bodies. Said plastic bodies are comminuted and during and/or after the comminution process are treated with an alkaline aqueous solution which contains a) an alkalinity donor and the following other components, at least b) one complexing agent or a complexing agent in the form of a salt chosen from the groups of amino carboxylic acids, ...

Plies(40) of tire building material are moved under one or more laser sources(61.1,61.2;62.1,62.2;63.1-63.7) each of which projects a strip-shaped light area(51.1,51.2;52.1,52.2; 53.1-53.7) onto the tire materials. A CCD(charge coupled device) camera is directed at the light areas to determine the height level of the material surface in the spliced areas(39). The position of material whose height ...

Device for use in checking sheet position in a sheet feeder with one or more positioning markers. Device comprises a light source (6) and a receiver (7). The light source is connected to a fixed section (5) of an optical fiber, while a moveable section of cable (4) is arranged so that its end is perpendicular to a sheet (1) on top a support table (2). The cable can move within a positioning mark (...

Ein Steuergerät wird zum Steuern eines Hybridfahrzeugs (10) verwendet, das eine Verbrennungskraftmaschine (12), ein Stufengetriebe (16), dessen Drehzahl automatisch verstellbar ist, eine Kupplung (14) zwischen der Verbrennungskraftmaschine (12) und dem Stufengetriebe (16) zum Unterbrechen und Einrichten einer Leistungsübertragung zu und von dem Stufengetriebe (16), einen Elektromotor (18) etc. hat...

The laying-out device includes a throttle channel (23) communicating with suction apertures in the sheet guide surface (17). The suction apertures are divided into groups, each of which may have its own throttle channel. One of these channels may have a section in the feed direction which is at least equal to the corresponding section of the smallest sheet which can be processed.; Zur Erzielung ei...

Methods and devices are provided for detecting the application of a fluid sample onto a test strip surface when the test strip is inserted into an optical meter. In the subject methods, reflectance data is obtained from a portion of the optical meter in which the sample application region of the test strip is located, where the reflectance data covers a period of time ranging from a point at least...

A biosensor capable of measuring all types of bloods by allowing the plasma obtained by filtrating blood corpuscle to rapidly reach an electrode system, comprising an insulating substrate, the electrode system having a measurement electrode and an electrode opposite to the measurement electrode installed on the substrate, a reaction layer at least containing an oxidoreductase and an electronic med...

A biosensor capable of accurately measuring even a specimen liquid containing a solid composition such as blood corpuscle and providing less variation in response value, comprising an insulating substrate, an electrode system at least having an acting electrode and an electrode opposite to the acting electrode installed on the substrate, a cover member combined with the substrate to form a specime...

An ablation catheter is disclosed having proximal and distal ends and an external surface, a lumen contained within the catheter body, a plurality of openings in the surface of the catheter, wherein the openings are in communication with the lumen, one or more electrodes secured within the catheter within the lumen and a source for conductive media to be introduced into the lumen to contact the el...

A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem having a defined relationship with respect to the housing and aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem includes an optical emitter which emits a directed beam having a defined field of emission and a photon detector having a defined field of view ...

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Oberflächenbeschichtung auf einer Grenzfläche zwischen einer Flüssigkeit und einem Festkörper, mit der es möglich ist, in wässriger Lösung geladene Oberflächen zu neutralisieren oder genau defizierte Oberflächenladungen zu erzeugen. Hierfür wird die Oberfläche mit neutralen und/oder geladenen Makromolekülen, wie z. B. mit amphiphilen Molekülen oder Polymeren, beschichte...

Die Erfindung betrifft eine transparente, biaxial orientierte Polyesterfolie, wobei DOLLAR A - der Glanz größer als 150 DOLLAR A - die Trübung kleiner als 5.0% ist und DOLLAR A - die planare Orientierung DELTA p der Folie kleiner als 0.162 und DOLLAR A - der Reibungskoeffizient kleiner als 0.6 DOLLAR A ist. Weiterhin betrifft die Erfindung ein Verfahren zur Herstellung solcher Folien, sowie deren ...

Methods and devices are provided for detecting the application of a fluid sample onto a test strip surface when the test strip is inserted into an optical meter. In the subject methods, reflectance data is obtained from a portion of the optical meter in which the sample application region of the test strip is located, where the reflectance data covers a period of time ranging from a point at least...