Wear parts of machinery have embedded within them optically recognisable elements, exposure of which is an indication of the state of wear. Corresponding wear parts, as well as wearing plates which slide on top of each other each have at least one element for indicating a state of wear. In the non-wearing reverse side of the wearing plates are embedded elements of material of up to the hardren of ...

A guillotine cutter (1) of the invention is provided with a pressing block driving mechanism (6) positioning a pressing block (5) at a standby position which is spaced upwardly from a sheet bundle (10), a first operating position pressing the sheet bundle by a first pressing force, and a second operating position pressing the sheet bundle by a second pressing force which is larger than the first p...

A power tool for tightening screw joints includes a rotation motor and a device for initiating a braking torque to the motor when, in operation, a predetermined tightening condition has been reached. A release coupling includes a first coupling part which is supported by a support shaft being rotationally connected to the motor and a second coupling part which is rotationally connected to an outpu...

Disclosed are novel compounds that are A3 adenosine receptor agonists, useful for treating various disease states, including cancer, cardiac ischemia, leukopenia, and neutropennia.

Pharmaceutical composition which comprises an insulin sensitivity enhancer in combination with other antidiabetics differing from the enhancer in the mechanism of action, which shows a potent depressive effect on diabetic hyperglycemia and is useful for prophylaxis and treatment of diabetes.

The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as well as the salts and stereoisomers thereof wherein the several variable groups are as defined in the specification and claims. Processes for making these materials, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods for using them for treatment of cardiovascular disorders are also disclosed and claimed.

A gas supply system for dual-fuel or gas engines is adapted for integration with a boil-off gas reliquefaction plant. The system includes a cryogenic heat exchanger, a boil-off gas compressor having a boil-off gas preheater, and a nitrogen loop with a compander. The gas is in the form of liquefied natural gas from cargo tanks or condensate from the reliquefaction plant. The gas supply system also ...

The invention provides a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence given below, together with uses of the peptide and methods associated therewith. The peptide finds particular use as an appetite suppressant and in the treatment of obesity. Xaa1 Xaa2 Xaa3 Gly4 Thr5 Phe6 Thr7 Ser8 Asp9 Tyr10 Ser11 Lys12 Tyr13 Leu14 Xaa15 Xaa16 Xaa17 Xaa18 Xaa19 Xaa20 Xaa21 Xaa22 Xaa23 Xaa24 Trp25 Leu26 Xaa27 Xa...

A awning control (10) circuit and assembly including an ambient thermistor (30) and a heated thermistor (32) for sensing wind speed. A microprocessor determines the present wind speed by referencing values of the thermistors to a stored lookup table. When the wind speed meets or exceeds a threshold value, the microprocessor causes one or more awnings to retract.

Composition comprising nonaqueous hydraulic oils or lubricants and one or more conductivity additives which form clear solutions or mixtures with the hydraulic oil and optionally further customary additives for increasing the conductivity of nonaqueous hydraulic oils and/or lubricants.

An intravascular flow restrictor comprises a braided tubular structure designed to be placed in the main pulmonary artery for limiting blood pressure in the lungs. The braided structure is designed to be collapsed for placement in a delivery catheter but when ejected from the delivery catheter, assumes a substantially larger diameter disk shaped device having one or more longitudinal channels or p...

There is provided a long-band rare-earth-doped optical amplifier and method for amplifying an optical signal. The optical amplifier has a pre-, a mid- and a post-amplification stage. Only the mid-amplification stage is pumped with a pump light source. The other two are pumped using Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) generated in the mid-amplification stage. An optical coupling device i s used to...

Method for connecting a casing tube (4) to a drill bit (1) in which method an annular groove (6) that circulates around the outer track is formed at the outer track of the bit (1) and in order to connect the casing tube (4) to the bit (1 ) at its front edge, one uses a drill shoe, such as a connection ring (2), as an aid which drill shoe can be installed around the bit (1) and which connection rin...

The present invention relates to a visual stimulator, which comprises a light stimulation source (4), a regulable attenuator of light (3), mirrors (6 and 14) for reflecting light and light detectors (11 and 18). The visual stimulator in accordance 5 with the invention comprises a mirror chamber (1) and a mirror tube (2) constructed of mirrors (6 and 14) in which the reflecting points of the mirror...

Composition for preparing a crosslinked pressure-sensitive adhesive, comprising A. a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising A1). 60% to 90% by weight of a polymer component based on a) 5% to 25% by weight (based on the polymer component) of one or more compounds having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond, the monomers being each selected such that the glass transition temperatures T g of t...

Tool (1) for welding and cutting continuously supplied thermoplastic sheet comprises an outer sheath (2) of stainless steel sheet containing an insulating bar (11),around which a heating wire (6) is wound. The sheath has folds at the top and bottom and the bottom fold (3) forms the cutting edge.

The invention relates to a security seal comprising a base body and an insert part which is joined thereto by means of a connecting element and made of an elastically deformable material, said insert part being able to be engaged inside a receiving element of the base body, which is provided with an insert opening, by means of locking means. The security seal is characterised in that the profile o...

The cleaner (10) has a suction system (36) drawing the dirt laden air through a filter (44) in the form of a corrugated wall cylinder rotated by an electric motor (43) against a fixed scraper (52) to remove the accumulated dirt from the surface in a vessel (30).

The present invention provides novel compounds represented by formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful for treating flaviviridae viral infection.

A medical device for the delivery of treatment fluid to body vessels is described. The device has a distal (21) and a proximal (20) end with a self-expanding, hollow tubular member (9) and a delivery catheter (10) suitable for deploying a self-expanding, tubular member (9). The tubular member (9) is configured to expand radially to form a central part (11) flanked by two annular ridges, which crea...