The present invention discloses an extruder for producing a thermoplastic material having a first and second portion comprising an axially extending barrel and a scre w conveyer axially disposed within said barrel so as to define a passage for conveying thermoplastic material from an input through a melt zone to an output. Furthermore the present invention discloses an insulation member comprising...

A disposable syringe includes a barrel, a seat member held by a grip member in the barrel such that a needle cannula extends through the seat member, a carpule configured to be fitted in a rear compartment of the barrel, and having front and rear seal members to confine a sealed chamber communicated with the needle cannula for holding liquid medicament, and a plunger operable to move the rear seal...

An apparatus and process for treating a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock having a specific gravity differential between components of the feedstock is disclosed. The apparatus includes a treatment vessel having an inlet for receiving the feedstock. The apparatus also includes a primary separation container located in the treatment vessel, the primary separation container being operable to accumulate fe...

The present invention relates to a method for producing diamond-metal composites comprising mixing diamond particles with metal-filler particles forming a diamond/metal-filler mixture, forming a green body of the diamond/metal-filler mixture, optionally green machining the green body to a work piece before or after pre-sintering by heating the green body to a temperature ≰500° C., infiltrating the...

A protective pouch (1) for a folding video game console (8), the pouch comprises an upper face (2) pivotably attached to a lower face (3) at a rear zone (4), and a attachment system including a plastics fitting (16) and fixing tabs (14) attached to the lower face which engages the front and rear portions of the lower part of the console so as to clip the console to the pouch, the attachment system...

The device has a carrier (2) connected with a firm base (3) by a hydro mechanical connection. An automatic and self-governed parameterization unit adapts a weight of the loads rested on the carrier in a static operation. The automatic and self-governed parameterization unit adapts the loads at an acceleration value or a deceleration value in a dynamic operation at an abrupt movement during crash. ...

The plate (1) has an inflow opening (2) locked by a tiltable flap (3). The flap is integrally formed with the plate and arranged in a retainer (5) within the plate. The flap is tiltable from the retainer in a position covering the inflow opening. The flap is pivotably supported over a film hinge (4) formed adjacent to the film hinge. The retainer is formed by a recess, which has smaller material t...

A cast aluminum alloy contains at least five of the following alloy components: 2.5 to 3.3 wt.-% of Si; 0.2 to 0.7 wt.-% of Mg; <0.18 wt.-% of Fe; <0.5 wt.-% of Mn; <0.1 wt.-% of Ti; <0.03 wt.-% of Sr; 0.3 to 1.3 wt.-% of Cr; and <0.1 wt.-% of others, supplemented by Al to add up to 100 wt.-%. The parts cast from the alloy are preferably homogenized by annealing for 1 to 10 hours at 490° C. to 540...

A front-axle bracket for motor vehicles has two accommodations spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal vehicle direction in each instance for the bearing locations for pivoting mounting of one of two wheel guide elements, in each instance, such as transverse control arms or A-arms, accommodations for attachment of the front-axle bracket as a pre-finished unit, together with pre-assembled...

The flexible stopping and positioning device (1) comprises a mechanical element, which is moved axially. The mechanical element is connected with the shaft. The device has a fork shape with two arms parallel to each other, where each arm is formed in direction of its free end or head piece (4) so that an open hollow space (6) is generated with a changeable width, which is suitable to insert in an ...

There is a general need for improved efficiencies in the bitumen and heavy o il recovery and extraction industry. The present invention is directed to a method and system for integrating an in-situ bitumen recovery operation with a bitumen mining operation for improved efficiencies and synergies therebetween. The method comprises the basic steps of obtaining a production fluid from the in-situ bit...

An article is printed based upon predetermined artwork. The artwork includes the specification of a palette of ink colors to be used in printing the article. Each of the colors is specified by a full tone color target and an undertone color target. Each ink formulation has a combined full tone L-C-H-a-b d E equal to or less than about 2, and a combined undertone d E less than or equal to about 3.T...

Dynamically updated route information is provided to a user of a wireless communications device. The method involves receiving a destination location, determining a current location of the device, generating a route from the current location of the device to the destination location, and providing route information to the user representing the route from the current location to the destination loc...

There is disclosed a system and method for blocking a device from a carrier network. In an embodiment, the method comprises defining an unauthorized combination filter including one or more device parameters; attaching the unauthorized combination filter to a carrier; comparing the device parameter values in the unauthorized combination filter to device parameter values stored in the device; and i...

A method for the diffusion of informa tion on board vehicles in transit, characterised by: - automatically activating, on passage of a vehicle into predefined zones, an apparatus on board the vehicle, - following this activation, connecting said apparatus on board the vehicle to a fixed station by radio, - causing a radio message, differing on the basis of the type of command emitted by said fixed...