Disposable sanitary article having a substantially rectangular configuration for the incontinent. It comprises a mattress (3) made of absorbing material, an outer impervious sheet (2) and an inner pervious sheet (4). The longitudinal edges (b, b') are folded on the inner pervious face. Such configuration is held at each end by a permanent fixing means, particularly a line of glue (7), with a pocke...

A vibration damping system, for supporting a substantially vertically extending member having a bottom to be supported relative to a foundation, comprising a first and a plurality of second vibration damper members. The first damper member is mounted between the bottom of the member to be supported and the foundation and having a predetermined spring characteristic and a predetermined damping char...

A portable water purification system (10) includes a portable reservoir (12) for containing a contaminated water supply (14) and a separator module (48) for separating water and water soluble substance permeate from a contaminated water retentate. A permeate outlet (52) is operatively connected to the separator module (48) for releasing water and water soluble substances from the system (10). A re...

In a temperature control indicating apparatus of a hot runner in a thermoplastic synthetic resin injection molding system, the apparatus has a hot runner comprising a body heater, a tip heater and a temperature sensor. The hot runner is connected to a hot runner temperature control circuit having A/D converter. The apparatus has the function of arithmetic control, setting operation and display. Fu...

PURPOSE:To facilitate the registration of a hub for clamping by joining the hub for clamping of the optical recording medium by caulking using heat or ultrasonic waves. CONSTITUTION:The optical recording disk is formed by depositing media onto a substrate 1 formed by injection molding using a polycarbonate resin, etc., then sticking a disk 2 for protection thereto by an adhesive agent. A projectin...

ADJUSTABLE MATTRESS FOUNDATION FOR BEDS An adjustable mattress foundation for beds, having head, and foot sections of adjustable inclination, and a stationary center section for supporting the user's buttocks, with locking gas springs being employed as force providers and counterbalances in selectively adjusting the angle of inclination for the head and foot sections, with the actuation of the hea...

An enclosure capable of enclosing a butt splice between at least two optical fibre cables, which comprises: a base through which respective cables can pass; at least one optical fire organizer capable of storeing an optical fibre in a path from one of the outlets to another of the outlets, said path having a minimum radius of curvature no smaller than the minimum bend radius of said optical fibre;...

A dispenser package for flowable substances of the type where the flowable product is contained within a flexible pouch adhered to a relatively stiff material and may be opened along a fault line or cut pattern scored in the relatively stiff material with one hand by folding the stiff ends toward one another into a "V" shape containing one or more dimples, pyramidal shapes or other protrusions on ...

A thin film label, either clear or opaque, is printed with an ink layer and a multiple-layer heat- activated adhesive layer for bonding to a glass container.; A thin film label, either clear or opaque, is printed with an ink layer and a multiple-layer heatactivated adhesive layer for bonding to a glass container.

PURPOSE:To prepare a novel mucilaginous polysaccharide, by cultivating Spirulina subsalsa in preparing the novel mucilaginous polysaccharide, and extracting the aimed substance from the cultivated algal body. CONSTITUTION:Spirulina sabsalsa is cultivated to separate the algal body, which is then extracted with a lower alcohol to extract and remove dyestuff in the algal body. The algal body is then...

NEW MATERIAL:The beta-hydroxy ester of formula I (X is alpha- or beta-CH3; Y is alpha- or beta-OH). EXAMPLE:The compound of formula II. USE:A synthetic intermediate of indolmycin of formula III effective to staphylococci resistant to various commercial antibiotic substances separated from Streptomyces albus, etc. PREPARATION:The condensation reaction of the aldehyde of formula III with the alpha-h...

Degradation of prostaglandins in anhydrous or aqueous pharmaceutically acceptable, water-miscible alcohol solutions is prevented by adding a stabilizing amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable acetal.

To avoid inadvertent uncoupling of a Monorail catheter (10) from its guidewire (22), the guidewire eye (20) or port is identified by a radiopaque marker (28) so that the surgeon can perceive the location of the distal end (14) of the guidewire (22) relative to the catheter's guidewire port (20) on a fluoroscope screen.

PURPOSE: To reduce in shape without generating any loss of working characteristics, by letting an inside tubing material have an inner diameter not larger than the outer diameter by a specific value, as for almost all over the length of the inside tubing material. CONSTITUTION: An inside tubing material 13 has an inside bore 17 extending its inside, in which a guide wire 16 is contained. The insid...

PURPOSE:To enable discrimination to be facilitated between a cursor for assigning a position displayed in a three-dimensional image and a halation further a position relation to be accurately grasped between this cursor and a mucosa surface by generating the cursor having each size in both right and left pictures. CONSTITUTION:Right and left picture signals, output from a three-dimensional endosco...

PURPOSE:To surely record a picture adjusted being suited for a picture process by constituting a device control means which controls at least either one of the conditions adjusting or processing a picture adjusting means being based on adjusting information. CONSTITUTION:A picture signal is generated by an electronic endoscope device 9, converted into an RGB signal by a video process circuit part ...

PURPOSE:To prevent generation of a burr and/or return in a cylinder internal surface sliding a piston by forming a device in a structure having two cylinders and slidably providing the piston, for connecting an upper stream side tube to or disconnecting it from a downstream side tube in a suction pipe line, in the second cylinder. CONSTITUTION:In a condition with a device not in operation, because...

PURPOSE:To promptly further accurately perform manipulating forceps by irradiating spot-state laser light to an objective location for the forceps to be adapted and showing a position for the forceps to be truely adapted under this irradiation as the forceps target coordinates on a display scope. CONSTITUTION:When spot state-laser light is irradiated to an objective location for forceps to be adap...