An electric heat pen includes a pen base adapted for holding in the hand, a pen head fixedly mounted on one end of the pen base and holding a hot plate on the outside, two plate conductors and an electric heating element between the plate conductors on the inside, and a switch controlled to connect electric power supply to the electric heating element through the plate conductors, causing the elec...

An apparatus for the inspection of hot glass containers for faults comprises a camera (1) sensitive to infrared radiation located opposite the path of travel of the hot glass container (6) through an inspection zone (13). The image of each hot glass container is processed by electronic means (2) into regions and the data for each region is compared with predetermined parameters to determine whethe...

This invention provides a method of and apparatus for supplying sheet-like materials in which a plurality of sheet-like materials W1, W2, W3 comprising tire constituent materials and cut into a predetermined size are conveyed by an applying conveyor means 3 and applied onto a building drum 1. A sheet-like material W to be assembled is supplied onto a conveyor belt 31 of the applying conveyor means...

There is disclosed the polyester film for laeder tapes which can provide commercially highly valuable laeder tapes which are very fine and uniform in the surface roughness of the etched portion and excellent in appearance, and do not adversely affect magnetic tapes. There is also disclosed the process for preparing a polyester film for laeder tapes which can exhibit the following excellent effects...

A method of mixing micro and macro fibers into a polymer matrix and products made thereby are provided. In the illustrated method, a micro reinforcing polymer (16) is mixed with an elastomeric base polymer (14) and preformed macro fibers (12) are added thereto. In one embodiment, the micro reinforcing polymer forms micro fibers in a resulting elastomeric matrix which is interspersed with macro fib...

A process for the production of an open cell polyurethane foam comprises the mixing of the following components at ambient temperatures in a mixing zone: a diisocyanate having a functionality of at least about 2.0, at least one hydrogen donor, at least one surfactant which is effective in forming an open cell polyurethane foam, at least one catalyst, and a blowing agent comprising a gas having a b...

An integrated control and seating system for a material handling vehicle includes a pair of control handles (30, 31) integrated into the control arms (24, 25) within an operator's compartment (23). The operator's seat (17) can be oriented in several ways and is also vertically adjustable to achieve the greatest operator comfort. Adjustable arm rests (54, 55) are also provided. The operator can com...

High molecular weight polyethyleneterephthalate resin is currently being used in vast quantities in manufacturing tire cord and in manufacturing trays for frozen foods which can be heated in either microwave or convection ovens. In some applications polyester resins having ultra-high molecular weights are required. For example, some techniques for producing polyester yarn by solution spinning dema...

A set of red light sources (111-113) are provided above a printed board (20). One (111) of the light sources is located in the angular aperture of an imaging lens system (140). The red light is applied to the printed board and reflected on a wiring pattern (22) provided thereon. Another light source (120) is provided under the printed board, and emits infrared light to the back surface of the prin...

An expanded polymer product with high distortion temperature, high flame resistance and low smoke toxicity and opacity comprises, in combination: between 18% and 25% of a mixture of at least two isocyanates; between 8% and 11% of a modified terpolymer; between 19% and 42% of a PVC resin in emulsion form; between 4% and 7% of at least one expanding agent; between 0.5% and 1% of at least...

A drug vessel (1) comprises a vessel body (2) with a narrow neck extending to an open end of a mouth portion (3) thereof, and a stopper (4) fitted in the open end. The stopper (4) comprises a stopper body (5) of an elastomeric material with a through-hole (5a) passing through a central portion thereof along its center axis, and a closing body (6) fitted into the through-hole (5a) of said stopper b...

A heat sensitive original sheet for stencil printing made of a laminate of a paper sheet and a biaxially oriented polyester film having a melting point of 150 to 240 DEG , a thickness of 0.2 to 3 mu m, an average refractive index of 1.570 to 1.578, a thermal shrinkage stress of 100 to 800 g/mm<2> after being treated at 80 DEG C in a water bath for 10 seconds, a thermal shrinkage factor of 5 to 50 ...

The invention concerns a new process for the manufacture of polyurethane (PUR) foam by the poly-addition of polyols and polyisocyanates in the presence of water as the foaming agent, the water being bound to a finely particulate solid substrate with a large internal surface area.

Polyurethane (PU) mouldings, produced by reacting (a) polyisocyanates with (b) polyols with an OH number of 100-500 mg KOH/g, a water content of 0-5 wt% and a viscosity of more than 2000 mPa.s (20 degrees C), is obtained by chemical cleavage of waste PU and/or polyurea materials. Also claimed are: (i) polyols obtained as above, with an OH number of 100-500, preferably 200-450, especially preferred...

On-line measurement of fiber orientation and anisotropy in a non-woven web of material is performed by directing three light sources toward a sensing region of the web. Reflectively scattered light from each light source is detected by a pair of light sensors positioned on either side of an incidence plane including the beam of incident light. Back scattered light from each light source is also de...

An umbrella frame comprises a plurality of main ribs attached to a slidable moving plate assembly by a plurality of support ribs. A plurality of stabilizing ribs are secured to the support ribs. The stabilizing ribs are further secured to a stationary plate assembly in a manner which permits the main ribs to open by gravity thus resulting in an umbrella frame whose relaxed state is open. An upper ...

A method of making an alcoholic beverage by fermentation, in which a source of assimilable nitrogen is added to the fermenting liquor (12) to supplement the assimilable nitrogen content of the liquor, comprises monitoring the gas evolving from the fermenting liquor for the presence of H2S by making use of indicator strips (18) which are selectively responsive to the presence of H2S. A source of as...

A thin gauge, fine diameter steel cord reinforced tire ply fabric 2 is lap spliced. The steel cord 1 has one or more filaments 9, and each filament has a percent elongation of over 2.5% and tensile strength of at least (-2000D+4400 MPa)x95%, where D is the diameter of the filament in millimeters. For passenger and lightly loaded trucks the fabric 2 is manufactured using a preferred cord 1 which is...