A delivery for a sheet-processing machine for keeping the extent thereof required downline from the delivery pile as short as possible, includes a frame and grippers revolvable, during operation, along a gripper path within the frame. The grippers seize sheets at a location on the gripper path and drag the sheet along sections of the gripper path in a transport direction. A first switching element...

A system, method, apparatus and computer code are provided for producing coherent symbols from digital RF transmitters. A multiplexer receives a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the digital RF transmitters and inserts a first initialization packet into the digital signal, where the initialization packet's implicit position in the digital signal will signal data framing i...

A system, method, apparatus and computer code are provided for producing coherent symbols from digital RF transmitters. A multiplexer receives a digital signal containing content data to be broadcast from the digital RF transmitters and inserts a first initialization packet into the digital signal, where the initialization packet's implicit position in the digital signal will signal data framing i...

A method is provided for dissipating power in a propelled machine having an electric drive system and a mechanical brake system. An inclination of the machine is determined (110a). A speed of the machine is determined (135). A retarding requirement is determined (155) based on the determined inclination and speed. A first portion of the retarding requirement is allocated to be met by the electric ...

Disclosed is a halogen-free flame-retardant polyester elastomer composition having excellent water resistance and mechanical properties which contains magnesium hydroxide as a flame retardant and a carbodiimide compound (especially, a polycarbodiimide compound) as a water resistance modifier. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a polyester elastomer composition. A polyester elastomer com...

A method and apparatus for producing an air bladder for safety tire in which poor bonding of a hoop reinforcement layer and damage of a tube can be prevented by bonding the tube and the hoop reinforcement layer without using a press bonding means. The apparatus (1) for producing an air bladder for safety tires comprises a forming drum (2) for holding an air-impermeable toroidal tube (3) fixedly fr...

A portable electronic device carrier (100) includes a base (105) having a resting portion (110) which slidably receives an electronic device (200) for securing the electronic device in a stored position. The base further includes a projection (120) extending from the base and positioned to engage the electronic device where the projection selectively alters the state of the electronic device when ...

The invention relates to a packaging device for a liquid that is to be dispensed drop by drop, comprising a container (1) with manually elastically deformable walls, which ends in a rigid neck (3) in which a head (4) for dispensing the liquid is mounted. A membrane (31) which is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic, advantageously antibacterial, is arranged in the dispensing head (4) across the passag...

Methods and devices for determining the concentration of an analyte in a physiological sample are provided which correct for errors in the analyte concentration measurement which are due to the hematocrit of the sample.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hairstyle design system comprises an image-processing device 1, an input/output device 2, a graphic system 3, a display device 4, a head-development drawing information-storage device 5, and a hairstyle-design information-storage device 6. In other words, the beautician or the customer designs a desired hairstyle while looking at the display device 4. Information on the desig...

Structure de meuble, tel qu'un lit escamotable, comprenant une partie fixe et une partie pivotante comprenant un châssis sensiblement plan et montée de façon articulée sur la partie fixe entre une position relevée sensiblement verticale et une position allongée sensiblement horizontale. Ladite partie pivotante (4) comprend au moins un guide (20) qui s'étend sensiblement perpendiculairement audit c...

Mousse de polyuréthanne/polyisocyanurate renforcée par des fibres de verre, étant obtenue :1) par la mise en contact :. d'un composant isocyanate. d'un composant polyol comportant un premier polyol et un deuxième polyol et un troisième polyol, en présence :. de catalyseurs. d'un agent d'expansion physique ou chimique,. d'un émulsifiant et. éventuellement d'un retardeur de flamme,2) par l'imprégnat...

Polyurethane polyisocyanurate foam reinforced by glass fibers, obtained by: reacting an isocyanate component and a polyol component comprising first, second and third polyols, in the presence of a catalyst (preferably tin salts, potassium carboxylate and optionally tertiary amines), a physical and/or chemical blowing agent, an emulsifier and optionally a flame retarding agent to obtain a compositi...

A hybrid prolusion system comprising a first energy storage unit operable to supply power to a traction drive motor. A second energy storage unit is coupled with the first energy storage unit to provide additional power on demand to the traction drive motor. An auxiliary power unit (APU) is used to charge the first battery to maintain a desired voltage across the first energy storage unit.

A double shoulder drill stem connection for high torque applications includes a thread taper within a range between about 1.0 and 1.2 inch per foot. The thread form is characterized by a stab angle between about 35 and 42 degrees and a load angle between about 25 and 34 degrees and by a short thread height with elliptical roots and with crests having an angle which slopes in an opposite direction ...

A system for providing a registered land asset includes a property transaction database in communication with a computer network the property transaction database provides information related to transactions associated with each registered land asset parcel, each land parcel having a registered land asset identifier representing global coordinates particular to the parcel. The system also includes...

Apparatus (10) for treatment of wastewater which has pre-treatment apparatus (18) for treatment of wastewater which has at least two separation tanks (15, 20, 21) connected in series through which the wastewater is passed wherein there is provided a vertically oriented baffle pipe (29) having a closed top (31) and an open bottom (30) which is attached to or located adjacent a side wall of a first ...

The electronic device (21) for receiving product-related data comprises a memory (23) for storing a unique product identifier identifying a product selected from a database, a wireless transmitter (25), a wireless receiver (27) and a processor (29). The processor (29) performs a method comprising the steps of wirelessly transmitting a unique product identifier to be received by a nearby electronic...

A heat treatment catheter (10) for use in heating a biological site in a patient's body includes an elongate electrode-carrying element (12). A plurality of heating electrodes (16) are arranged at spaced intervals at a distal region (14) of the electrode- carrying element (12). The distal region (14) of the electrode-carrying element (12) is formed into a predetermined, non-rectilinear shape so th...

The present invention relates broadly to a method for managing payment for the supply of goods or services to a purchaser by a supplier. The method involves an intermediary who enters into an arrangement with the suppliers of goods or services and the purchasers of those goods or services. Subject to the purchaser not exceeding a credit limit with the intermediary, the intermediary pays the suppli...