L'invention concerne des films polyester composites orientés comportant sur au moins une face un revêtement destiné à en améliorer les propriétés de glissant, constitué par un polymère greffé comportant un tronc dérivé d'un polyester à groupes sulfonyloxy et par des greffons de motis polymères dérivés d'au moins un monomère à insaturation éthylénique et d'au moins un organosiloxane éthyléniquement...

The present invention provides polyamide-polyamide-polyimide and polybenzoxazole-polyamide-polyimide polymers derived therefrom with improved processing and film characteristics having incorporated into the polymeric backbone the polymeric condensation residuum of novel aromatic diamino compounds having the formula: wherein A is selected from the group consisting of SO2, O, S, CO, C1 to C6 alkyl, ...

A rubber for sponge is disclosed, comprising a copolymer of ethylene, an .alpha.-olefin, and a diolefin, said copolymer (a) containing the ethylene units and the .alpha.olefin units at a weight ratio of from 73:27 to 40:60, (b) having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4121.degree.C) of from 135 to 200, and (c) containing the diolefin units giving an iodine value of from 10 to 35. A rubber composition for sp...

A method is disclosed for degradation of a halogenated hydrocarbon compound such as trichloroethylene (TCE) which utilizes an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium of the genus Nitrosomonas.

An apparatus and method for stabilizing sludge such as the sludge produced by municipal waste water treatment plants includes thickening of the sludge to a dry solid content in the range of 3% to 8% before feeding it to at least one comparatively small reactor tank that extends horizontally and has an inlet and outlet adjacent opposite end walls. The system preferably utilizes multiple tanks stack...

A disposable absorbent article such as a diaper (10), is disclosed. The diaper has two lengthwise extending longitudinal marginal portions (50), each longitudinal marginal portion having two elastically extensible leg cuffs, a barrier cuff (62) and a gasket cuff (56). The leg cuffs (56,62) serve to help contain body exudates within the disposable article. Each leg cuff (56,62) is elasticized to pr...

A disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, is disclosed. The topsheet of the diaper is elastically extensible and provides a relatively low contact pressure against the skin of the wearer at relatively high elongations. This arrangement provides a diaper topsheet which can be elongated to conform to the shape of the wearer without causing undue discomfort or irritation. The relatively low u...

METHOD FOR PROTECTIVE COATING SUPERCONDUCTORS This invention relates to protective coatings for copper oxide superconductors. The coatings are formed by applying solutions of silica precursors to the superconductor and after solvent evaporation, heating in an oxygencontaining atmosphere to effect conversion of the precursor to a continuous silica coating. Precursor materials, such as hydrogen sils...

A track access control method and apparatus for an optical disk apparatus are disclosed. Where a locus (720) of movement of an object lens (10) through which a write beam (W) and a read beam (R) are projected onto an optical disk (1) upon track accessing is offset from a straight line(730) through the center (0) of the optical disk (1), the positional relationship of the read beam and the write be...

T 5966 FF REFRIGERATION LUBRICANTS The invention provides refrigeration lubricants comprising a mixture of a hydrofluorocarbon and a polyoxyalkylene glycol hemi-ether of the formula RO-¢(EO)m(PO)n!-H (I) wherein EO represents ethyleneoxy, PO represents propyleneoxy, R is C1-6 alkyl, and m and n represent average numbers of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy moieties in each hemi-ether molecule such that...

Electro-acoustic system for improving the acoustic of a predetermined room, said system comprising a microphone array having a plurality of microphones (2) and a loudspeaker array having a plurality of loudspeakers (6), as well as a signal processing unit (4), interposed between said arrays, said signal processing unit having means for generating reflections, whereby at least one of the microphone...

In a weft detecting device, optical fiber bundles, lenses, a light emitting module, a light receiving module, and an amplifier are integrated in a thin detecting sensor body having substantially the same shape of that of reed dent so that the device can be fitted in the narrow space between the reed dents of an air jet loom.

The disclosure describes a production plant (1) for the machining or assembly of components (3) transported on workpiece carriers, which has lateral guide lanes and vertical guide lanes (13, 14) and a feed device (15), arranged independently of the latter devices, for the workpiece carriers. This comprises lane sections (11, 12) arranged successively, each one of which is assigned at least one fee...

The housing is for a workpiece processing station. It is used with a mfg. layout for components. It has a level adjuster and a sides determining device with a progressing mechanism separated from them for the component carrying carriage. The housing (44) for straight and transverse conveyor has the same dimensions in length (64) and width (65). The width (65) is smaller than the length (64). -

Compositions for improving the compatibility of dissolved fertilizers and plant protection agents comprise (i) an alkyl-poly(oxyethylene) glycol ether of formula (I), R<1>-O(CH2-CH2-O-)nH (I> wherein R<1> is C6-24 alkyl and n is 4 to 20 (ii) 0.05 to 12.0 parts by mass of alkyl-poly(oxyethylene)-glycol ether, of a polyethyleneglycol ester of formula (II), wherein R<2> is C1-4 alk...

A device and method for sensing analyte ionic components are described. The device includes at least one detecting element including a first end, a second end, a first ion exchange medium extending from the first end to the second end, and a second ion exchange medium, which is in fluid communication with and has higher ion mobility than the first medium. The second medium includes an ion concentr...

A switchgear cabinet includes an extensible frame 30 for the installation of component carriers mounted so as to be extensible from the body of the switchgear cabinet by means of horizontally oxtending telescopic bars 25-28 secured to a frame 10 of the switchgear cabinet. The extensible frame 30 is secured in a retracted position by a spring loaded bolt mounted on the front 40 of the extensible fr...

The invention relates to an apparatus, especially for fitting needle roller bearings in the bearing bush of the trunnion cross of cardan shafts. For this purpose, an intermediate store 12 capable of being filled via a filling wheel 13 is provided beside a filling mandrel 3 provided with receiving grooves 11 and capable of being driven in rotation. For rapid transfer of the needle rollers 2 into th...

What is described is a modified recombinant virus for expressing a gene product in a host. The modified recombinant virus has host range genes deleted therefrom so that the virus has restricted replication in the host. The modified recombinant virus also contains DNA which codes for and expresses the gene product in the host even with restricted replication of the virus in the host. The modified r...

In a process for exothermic heterogeneous synthesis, for example of ammonia, in which the synthesis gas is reacted in several catalytic beds with axial-radial or just radial flow, the reacted gas is collected at the outlet from the last catalytic bed and is transferred to a reaction heat recovery system situated at the top of the reactor. An improved reactor comprises three catalytic beds with at ...