A door and doorway construction includes a doorway structure having a lock jamb, a hinge jamb, and a header defining a doorway opening. An adjustable door is constructed to fit mateably into the doorway opening. The doorway structure includes an overhead expressway construction configured to structurally support a weight of the door and further adapted to carry utilities over the doorway opening. ...

A food preparation device is provided with a toaster portion and an attached slicing mechanism. The device may be used to prepare toasted bagels and other food products. The toaster portion and the slicing mechanism are arranged to provide a compact construction. The slicing mechanism may be provided with slot-shaped guides for guiding a knife. A press plate may be used to hold the food product in...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/00537 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 24, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 24, 1998 PCT Filed Feb. 6, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/31180 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 28, 1997A device for separating impurities from the lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine, in which the device (1) has at least one filter insert (2), a centrifuge (3) operable by the flow of lubricating oil, and at least one discharge chann...

A barrier vehicle system for an amusement race track is formed from a chain of pivotally coupled barrier modules. Each barrier module has a top and a bottom link separated by a spacer structurally joined with the top and bottom links to create a rigid structure when assembled. A pin extends through the top and bottom links, to one side of the spacer. An resilient, deformable barrel is journalled o...

There is provided a thermal head having protective layers comprising a lower protective layer, an intermediate layer and a carbon-based protective layer which is composed of a plurality of sub-layers, wherein the carbon-based protective layer has stress values that become sequentially higher from one of the sub-layers located undermost toward another of the sub-layers located uppermost. The protec...

Methods and apparatus for implementing a reduced cost HDTV/SDTV video decoder are disclosed. The described joint video decoder is capable of decoding HDTV pictures at approximately the resolution of standard definition television pictures and can be used to decode HDTV and/or SDTV pictures. The described video decoder may be used as part of a picture-in-picture decoder circuit for providing pictur...

Disclosed herein is a multiple electrode, closed-loop system for the treatment of certain neurological disorders such as epilepsy, migraine headaches and Parkinson's disease. Specifically, the present invention combines a multi-electrode array with sophisticated signal processing techniques to achieve reliable detection of the onset of a neurological event (such as an epileptic seizure or migraine...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To directly measure impedance around the hips easily putting on fat on the basis of a stable measuring position and to accurately measure a body fat rate. SOLUTION: Two pairs of first and second electrodes 1 and 2 comprising current carrying electrodes 11 and 21 for applying high frequency signals to the buttocks of a body, and electric potential measuring electrodes 12 and 2...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a target for proper quantity of exercise by adding a body fat measuring function to a conventional fixed cycle, and to heighten a sinew function and facilitate recovery from fatigue and remove surplus body fat by making electric current flow into the lower part of an exerciser's body for enhancing an effect of weight reduction. SOLUTION: A control box 1 is mounte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thick film type thermal printing head excellent in reliability by avoiding trouble such that a high hardness protective glass layer is peeled by improving the surface state of the heating resistor and/or overcoat glass layer formed on a substrate. SOLUTION: In a thick film type thermal printing head 1 constituted by forming a heating resistor 5 on the common elec...

A modality of twitch obtaining intramuscular stimulation (IMS) pain relief therapy employs an EMG needle having a Teflon coated shaft and exposed conductive tip to apply micro-electrical stimulation locally and focally to muscle motor end plate zones or regions of adjacent motor end plate zones. The electrical stimulation facilitates the elicitation of strong twitch responses from muscle fibers as...

A feminine hygiene product disposal system for providing a sanitary plurality of separable deodorizing disposal containers. The feminine hygiene product disposal system includes a main container having a sealable top, the main container being for holding a plurality of separable disposal containers coupled to each other in series. Each disposal container includes an interior, a sealable opening, g...

The striking surface of a club head is provided with a multilayer coating. A first layer is a tungsten cobalt carbide matrix material which is applied to the substrate by thermal spraying. The particles of the tungsten cobalt carbide matrix material clump on the roughened surface, adhere to the surface by a mechanical bond, and provide a striking surface having a hardness of approximately 46 to 48...

A urinary incontinence device comprises a cover portion for male genitalia and a separable urine-collecting pouch. The cover portion has a frontal penis opening therethrough, a strap member encircling the wearer's body and securing the cover potion to the genitalia, a separate liquid-impervious pouch having an open, and means for removably attached the neck portion to the cover portion to enable a...

An absorbent pad for absorbing bodily fluid secreted from a user. The absorbent pad includes a base pad having first and second length sides and first and second wings. The first and second wings each extending along a respective one of the first and second length sides. The absorbent pad also includes a tampon extending substantially perpendicular to the base pad at a central portion thereof, whe...

The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins worn by women. More particularly, the present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as thin sanitary napkins, that are stretchable, especially in the longitudinal direction.

A liquid crystal composition having a high order, tilted ferro-electric achiral Smectic I phase exhibiting a relaxed cone angle of greater than 20 DEG in the absence of high surface tilt alignment layers at temperatures in the range of 5 DEG C. to 40 DEG C. and includes from 90% to 99.9% by weight of a mixture of at least two achiral host compounds and from 0.1% to 10% by weight of a chiral dop...

Methods and systems for making an absorbent pad for use in an absorbent article utilize a forming device for forming material into an absorbent core, a supply device for supplying a containment layer against the first surface of the absorbent core and spray apparatus for spraying fibers of molten resin onto the second surface of the absorbent core. The fibers form a stabilization layer on the abso...

PCT No. PCT/US95/05904 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 28, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 28, 1997 PCT Filed May 12, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/31167 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 23, 1995The invention relates to absorbent products (1) like baby diapers, adult incontinence products and particularly to sanitary napkins or pantyliners. These absorbent products all have absorbent cores (4) which according to the present invention c...

The present invention is directed to a matched permeability liner/absorbent structure system, suitable for use in absorbent articles, in which the permeability of the bodyside liner is correlated with the permeability of the subjacent layer of the absorbent structure, such as a surge layer. The inventors have observed that by appropriately matching the permeability of the liner material to the per...