An improved spandex composition is provided in which a polymeric hindered tertiary amine stabilizer is present. The polymeric amine is poly(diisopropylaminoethyl methacrylate/hydroxybutyl acrylate) or poly(diisopropylaminoethyl methacrylate/ethyl acrylate).

A semiconductor assembly comprises first and second containers which contain respective semiconductor chips and are stacked one over another. First and second external leads extending from the insides of the respective containers to outside thereof are bent so as to be connected to each other. The first and the second containers may be provided at corresponding positions with a recess and a projec...

A tetrafluoroethane composition for a refrigerator, which comprises a tetrafluoroethane and at least one polyether selected from the group consisting of: (I), (II) and (III), wherein R<1> is an alkylene group, each of R<2>, R<3>, R<4>, R<5>, R<6>, R<7> and R<8> which may be the same or different is a hydrogen atom, and alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, a glycidyl group, ...

An integrated catheter system utilizes a balloon angioplasty catheter placed through a central passageway of a stent delivery catheter to enable balloon angioplasty and stent delivery to be accomplished with a single device. The integrated catheter system is able to perform dilatation of an arterial stenosis, placement of the stent at the site of the stenosis and then the angioplasty catheter ball...

The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for produ- cing fired bulk material, particularly cement clinker, wherein the bulk material is first of all fired and then cooled. In this case the cooling of the hot bulk material takes place by gasification of a fuel, particularly coal, with steam, the reaction enthalpy necessary for the gasification reaction being extracted from the hot bulk m...

The invention provides a method for making an organism deposit-inhibition pipe, which excels in corrosion resistance, dispenses with maintenance work, and offers no toxicity problem. A thin sheet comprising a copper alloy is wound spirally around a round bar and inserted into a resin pipe made up of an electrical insulating material. And the round bar is taken out. The obtained pipe has an inner w...

The invention provides a sanitizer incorporated in a polymeric composition which polymeric composition comprises vinylester and alkyl(metha)acrylate and/or ethylene and at least one post polymerization crosslinkable monomer. Preferably the polymeric composition comprises vinylacetate and alkylacrylate (e.g. butylacrylate or 2-ethylhexylacrylate) and as crosslinkable monomer N-methylolacryl-amide a...

A packet network test arrangement where a test packet is transmitted from a test source to a test destination via successive nodes of the packet network. Any node that fails to receive acknowledgement within a predetermined time of transmitting the test packet to a subsequent node responds by transmitting information to the test source concerning the failure and particularly defining the involved ...

Improved form, fill, and seal machine (10) for making aseptic sealed packages (31) incorporating a plurality of web guiding rollers (142, 144) and flanges for manipulating a continuously fed polyfoil web (20) into a longitudinal tube (22) having a triangular cross section and opposing superimposed web edges that are sealed together to form the longitudinal seal in the tube. Web advance may be cont...

A press blanket in a pressing device intended for extracting water from a web in the press nip of a papermaking machine comprises an elastomeric matrix, in which the outer area, facing the web, is subjected to a thermal treatment in order to increase the wear-resistance. Although the elastomeric matrix thus consists of the same material throughout, the outer area, which is subjected to greater str...

A dishwasher rack attachment for use in washing plastic bags, such as freezer bags and the like. The attachment includes a hose and a clip. The hose is engageable with any two of the prongs of the dishwasher rack so as to accommodate various sized freezer bags. The clip is slidably engageable with the hose and is configured to secure a plastic bag to the hose. The position of the clip is slidably ...

The present invention provides a method for producing a alcohol including an optically active alcohol by hydrogenating a carbonyl compound in the presence of a homogenous catalyst, a base and a nitrogen-containing organic compound with a less expensive catalyst in a higher yield end a higher efficiency.

Quaternized copolymers suitable as active ingredients in hair styling compositions are obtainable from N-vinylimidazoles, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone and, if required, further monomers.

Electrical energy meters of the induction and static types proposed up until the present time, based on the use of quadratic components, have technical and economic problems in respect of approval for Class 2, limitation of the range of linearity, and adaptability to the remote reading system of users. The invention measures power and energy consumption by the execution of algorithms in a commerci...

In a gearbox of a motor vehicle, a shift console is installed with a shifter shaft unit as a preassembled module in a housing opening of a transmission housing that houses a driveshaft. The shift housing part has a mounting flange extending transversely to a geometric bearing axis with a flange opening flush with the geometric bearing axis. One bearing system is located in the vicinity of the flan...

The roof arrangement has an elastic seal (13) which is located on a water drain (14) of the rear roof section (4). It has an integral, elastically flexible sealing section (15). The section is moved by a contact edge of the moveable roof section (3), dependant upon an opening or closing movement of this section. The sealing section moves between a relaxed upright rest position and a loaded positio...

A lamella roof for a motor vehicle is provided with each lamella roof part exhibiting securing catches which extend essentially over the width of the roof cutout and engage behind corresponding securing catches of the respectively adjacent lamella roof parts in the event of the lamella assembly being deformed by force.

The invention relates to the medical technique, more especially to the metabolic measurement mainly on diabetics in connection with the insulin injection. The problem of an imminent lack of vacuum inside of a suction cup during the period of the glucose measurement over a measuring probe or sensor introduced through a cannula under the skin is solved by a spring biased squeezing of the skin by mea...

A device and a method mainly for the treatment of diabetics which need insulin by application of the needel-less pressure beam or jet injection, but taking care for the skin which is arised in a suction cup and thereby thinned and drawn off from other tissue, whereby the injection channel is rinsed with thinning fluid still during the insulin injection and difficulties are encountered, which arise...

Disclosed is a wavelength division multiplexed hybrid ring formed from a plurality of telecommunications links that connect a plurality of switching nodes, each telecommunications link comprising: at least one optical fiber adapted for transporting a plurality of wavelength division multiplexed channels, wherein each of the plurality of optical channels is defined by a different wavelength; and at...