The invention relates to an aqueous preservative agent for grass and other agricultural crops, fish and fish products and meat products, comprising at least one C1-8monocarboxylic acid or at least one of their respective ammonium-, sodium- or potassium salts mixed with at least one of said acids and at least one corrosion inhibitor, comprising C8-22 fatty acid derivatives of trimethylamino acetic ...

A muscle exerciser for exercising abdominal and lower back muscles. The exerciser comprising a rigid body (1) consisting of a leg support (2) and a loop support (3). The resilient loop of material (6) is releasably attached to the loop support (3). The exerciser can be used with the leg support (2) behind the upper thighs of a user and the loop of material (6) behind the neck to exercise abdominal...

A dullness-proof device for a shaping-knife provided on a roller (1) has one or more than one sets of small supporting wheels (2) abutting on the surface (10) of the roller (1). The surface (10) of the roller (1) includes an annular protruding rim (11) on each end thereof concentric therewith. The annular protruding rims (11) are provided on the surface (10) of the roller (1) at both ends of the s...

A disintegration apparatus is described for disintegrating materials (for example, rock containing ore and minerals), by the application of high voltage electrical pulses. One aspect of the design is that first (18) and second (24) electrode walls are used to provide optimum contact with the rock, in order to provide electrical discharge at natural interfaces in the rock. Another aspect of the des...

A tape squeezing device for folding an adhesive tape over both side edge portions of a work, eg., a door sash of an automotive vehicle, comprises a main body 11, including V-shaped first 41, second 43 and third 45 grooves arranged in spaced relation to one another, and an elastic sheet 19 arranged to connect to the main body 11 and arranged to contact both side edges portions of the work and the g...

A method of forming a mask useful for engraving a ceramic article includes providing a polymeric sheet, preferably a polyester sheet, from which to form the mask. A source of laser energy responsive to a predetermined pattern defined by a mathematical algorithm is used to cut the pattern into the polymeric sheet. The polyester sheet is bombarded with laser energy until the pre-determined pattern i...

A method of engraving pre-sintered ceramic articles involves providing a source of laser energy for forming a polyester mask having a predetermined spiral pattern etched therein. To form the polyester mask, means are provided for computationally communicating a predetermined engraving pattern to the source of laser energy. Once the polyester mask is formed, it is overlaid onto the ceramic article ...

Disclosed is an enclosed lead storage battery wherein positive and negative electrode plates comprising grids each having no frames at their opposite lateral sides, such as an expanded grid, are layered with separators laid between both the electrodes plates. To prevent a short-circuit between the negative and positive electrode plates, a porous mat is disposed between the group of layered electro...

PCT No. PCT/DE97/00841 Sec. 371 Date May 15, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date May 15, 1998 PCT Filed Apr. 25, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/44167 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 27, 1997The cutting device (1) for a continuous material, in particular a corrugated web, consists of rotating paired cutter bars (5, 6) mounted in bearings above one another, with blades (8) which run in the lengthwise direction of the cutter bars. Eac...

By using carbon fibers having a fineness of 25,000 deniers or more, the present invention provides a carbon fiber package including a cheese winding package or a coreless package in which an outside diameter of the package, a diameter of a bobbin or an inside diameter of the package, and a winding width are regulated in the specific ranges, a square-end type package in which a yarn width per finen...

An inter-vehicle distance D(n), is detected. A controller effects vehicular running control such that the vehicle follows the other vehicle while maintaining the inter-vehicle distance, D(n), at a predetermined distance. An inter-vehicle distance determinator is provided for determining whether the inter-vehicle distance detector transfers from a first state, in which the inter-vehicle distance is...

An apparatus for analyzing substances within a breast is disclosed. The apparatus includes a breast positioning area and a beam forming apparatus having a geometry which forms breast penetrating radiation into at least one beam. A detector is configured to detect a scattering pattern of the portion of the breast which scatters radiation from the at least one beam when the breast is positioned with...

A water soluble polymer binder for binding a fibrous substrate comprises from about 25 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of an unsaturated carboxylic acid/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer; from about 5 weight percent to about 35 weight percent of a divalent ion inhibitor; and from about 10 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of a hydrophilic cross-linkable polymer. In a p...

An ergonomically shaped lever for initiating movements in mobile or stationary vehicles. The lever comprises a handle (70) which has a substantially asymmetric cylindrical shape about a longitudinal axis (100), to correspond to the gripping of a hand and a switch (60) having one or more switching points. The switch further has at least one part (40) which protrudes from the handle (70), which is a...

A cardiac gated CT scanner (10) has a source of penetrating radiation (20) arranged for rotation about an examination region (14) having a central axis extending in a z direction. The source (20) emits a beam of radiation (22) that passes through the examination region (14) as the source (20) rotates. A patient support (30) holds a patient within the examination region (14) and is arranged to tran...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for establishing communication in a cased wellbore with a data sensor (16) that has been remotely deployed, prior to the installation of casing in the wellbore, into a subsurface formation (20) penetrated by the wellbore. Communication is established by installing an antenna (18) in an opening in the casing wall (24). A data receiver (60) is inserted into the c...

A bandage (100) having a first member (120) of elastic material (14) covered by woven material (150) and a second member of inelastic material (160, 165) with hooked elements (170) which engage the woven material of the first member. The second member may be used to fasten (165) the first member or to provide inelastic regions (160) on the first member for support etc. Slits (180, 185) or aperture...

A nonwoven fabric of entangled fibers defining a predetermined pattern of openings with the fabric having excellent draping characteristics.

A Schottky emission cathode has a filament, a needle-shaped piece of single crystal refractory metal which is attached to the filament and has a flat crystal surface at a tip thereof, and an adsorbed layer including at least one kind of a metal other than the single crystal refractory metal on the flat crystal surface. The piece of single crystal refractory metal is heated by passing a current thr...

The utility model relates to an adjustable photoconductive solar range, which belongs to the technical field of the group of solar heat utilization such as solar energy collectors of the subclass of heat production and utilization, which is not included in other classes of the class of heat supply; cooking ranges; ventilation under the subsection of illumination; heating in the section of mechanic...