A hose reel assembly comprises a drum (3/4) borne on a cantilevered support tube (1). A rotary joint assembly to direct water from a feed pipe (12) to the hose connector (19) of the drum comprises a fixed conduit member (9) mounted within the support tube and a rotatable conduit member (14) sealingly journalled to the fixed member. An inlet port (10) of the fixed conduit member receives the feed p...

The method is applied to a steel plate (1) forming part of an automotive vehicle outer panel. A first coating layer of an electrodeposition paint (2) and an intermediate coat paint (3) is formed on the surface of the plate (1). Subsequently, a second coating layer is formed by applying a base coat paint (4) and a colorless clear paint (5), wet-on-wet, and is baked to be hardened. The base coat pai...

Malfunctions can occur during the operation of sheet-processing machines if a stack of sheets in the feed of such a magazine does not rest with sufficient accuracy against the front stops (46) which are conventionally present in such feeds. To avoid such malfunctions, a stop rail (10) is proposed according to the invention, which stop rail (10) has a guiding surface (47) which is situated opposite...

The casing (1) of the device comprises four horizontal crushing rolls (5, 6), arranged symmetrically in relation to a vertical mean plane (4). Each of the crusher disks (8), arranged with an axial gap on a drive shaft (7), is provided on its periphery with teeth (9, 10) which mutually engage so that a pair of crushing rolls (14) is arranged in the middle of two natural crushing rolls (15). The two...

A method for diagnosing a neurological disease comprising detecting a neurological disease-specific biochemical marker macromolecule within a sample of extracted cerebral spinal fluid is disclosed. In particular. a radioactively labeled photoaffinity probe is used to diagnose a neurological disease. For instance, Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed by detecting a disease-specific protein having a...

2126447 9313405 PCTABS00024 A new and improved polymeric membrane for use in biological assays is provided. A blotting assay employing 1,2-dioxetanes as a source of chemiluminescent employs, as an improved membrane, a polymer comprised of at least one monomer of formula (1). The membranes reduce background signal, improve sensitivity and reliability.

A container for carrying a uniform, fan-folded stack of plastic sheet assemblies and for allowing the assemblies to be conveniently dispensed, one at a time, with minimal risk that the stack will become jammed. The stack of assemblies is retained behind a constriction within an elongated chamber having a corresponding shape and slightly larger size. Pulling the forward-most assembly through a narr...

La presente invención se refiere a una película de alto módulo, auto-soportadora, orientada, que tiene una composición continua de revestimiento aprestador sobre uno o ambos de sus costados, esta composición de revestimiento se caracteriza porque comprende el residuo seco de un compuesto de aminosilano hidrolizado, el cual tiene la fórmula, en el estado sin hidrolizar: XSi(R2)a(R3)b en la cual X e...

Optical inspection apparatus includes an illumination system illuminating an area of the workpiece surface with a sky of illumination which is, with respect to each point in the illuminated area, substantially circularly symmetric over a solid angle around the optical axis passing perpendicularly through the electro-optical sensor and the workpiece surface.

Methods and apparatus for inspecting surface features of a substrate. In each configuration, at least one TDI sensor is used to image the portions of interest of the substrate, with those portions illuminated either with substantially uniform illumination or critical illumination. In one configuration, a substrate, is compared to the expected characteristic features prestored in a memory. In a sec...

A test system for optical disks, comprising a spindle motor for bearing and rotating an optical disk at a constant speed; a measuring head, comprising focus servor and tracking servo mechanisms for causing the focal point of a laser beam irradiating the optical disk to follow the guide groove of the disk, for generating an output signal proportional to the intensity of the reflected beam coming fr...

A small-diameter pipe connector comprises a connector body and a socket body. The connector body has a channel, a stepped small-diameter chamber, and a stepped large-diameter chamber formed axially thereinside, whose rear peripheral wall portion defines a support wall. The socket body has obliquely-projecting pawl walls which are adapted to fit into axially-elongate holes formed in the peripheral ...

Herein disclosed is a connector for connecting slender piping members. The connector comprises: a connector body and a separate socket body. The connector body is formed axially therethrough with a stepped smaller-diameter chamber, which is expanded to lead to a communication hole formed in a connecting cylindrical wall at the leading end, and a stepped larger-diameter chamber which is positioned ...

The heel holder lifts off the ski, while the front sole holder (1-4) releases on overload. The heel holder has a non-elastic tensile member (27) movable in all directions and joining the boot to the ski. It releases when desired, and also uncouples the boot from the ski under tensile load parallel to the sole. The length of the tensile member is adjustable. When the resistance to swivel movement i...

The distance (3) of, e.g. a vehicle (1) from an obstacle (4), is measured by a laser beam (6) whose reflection is detected and evaluated by a receiver (7). In a parallel oscillatory circuit (8) one node (9) is connected to a comparator (10) feeding pulses to a reversible counter (11), multiplier (12), digital display (13) and printer or calculator (14). An active system may react directly on a spe...

The invention relates to a double-barrelled tube with a respiratory (11) and an inhaling (12) passage for the mechanically controllable respiration of a patient in which the inhaling passage connected to a respiratory gas source is fitted at the distal outlet with a nozzle directed towards the distal outlet aperture of the respiratory passage. The respiratory passage is connected at the proximal o...

In a sitting furniture with a lounge arrangement having a displacable trolley (2) which may by extended from a seat bolster (1) there is an additional upholstery (5) attached through a four-hinged ironwork (6). The additional upholstery (5) can be lifted and declined and is lowered underneeth the seat upholstery (4) in the sitting position of the furniture, whereas in the lounge arrangement it is ...

A security system in which sensors are included in one or more groups which are stored in the system. Groups of sensors are selectably actuable by a user entering mode information into the system so that only the selected group(s) will provide indication of an alarm condition when a sensor indicates an alarm event has occurred.

An apparatus and a process for separating particles in a slurry based on different physical, magnetic and/or chemical properties of the particles, the slurry including a mixture of solid particles and/or liqid particles which are immiscible in the slurry. The process comprises: tangentially introducing a stream of the slurry into a cylindrical chamber having a cylindrical inner wall with sufficien...