PCT No. PCT/SE90/00857 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 15, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 15, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 20, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/10049 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 1991.An internal combustion engine assembly of the compound type for vehicles comprises an internal combustion engine, a turbine and a transmission arranged between the turbine and a crankshaft forming part of the engine. The turbine is designed t...

PCT No. PCT/SE92/00404 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 7, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 7, 1994 PCT Filed Jun. 10, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/22336 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 1992.Method of producing a microstructure in a bioresorbable element comprising a material consisting of a major portion of at least one polymer selected from the group including aliphatic polyesters and aliphatic polycarbonates and copolymers there...

This invention relates to an antistatic mat for a vehicle equipped with electric discharge function against generation of static electricity for preventing adhesion of dust and electric shocks. The antistatic mat includes piles (13) including conductive fibers (15) containing conductive components partially protruding from the surface of a synthetic resin (12).

In order to assure the geometric uniformity of a tire molded with a segment mold when the sculpturing of said tire includes blocks 11 surrounded by recesses formed by grooves 15 and incisions 16, the said grooves 15 are thinned at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments. Furthermore, wear indicators 17 are arranged at the level of the joint planes 550 between segments.

The (R) or (S) isomer of acetorphan or N-/2-acetylthiomethyl)-1-oxo-3-phenylpropyl/(S) alanine methyl ester is prepared by splitting of racemic acetylthio-2-benzylpropanoic acid by reaction with ephedrin, separation of the enantiomeric salt obtained, then freeing of the acid and coupling with the corresponding amino acid ester. The obtained preparations possess remarkable therapeutic activities an...

1,3-propanediol prepared according to known methods by catalytic hydrogenation of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (HPA) obtainable from acrolein has a high residual carbonyl content and leads to problems in the preparation of poly(1,3-propylene glycol terephthalate). According to the invention, 1,3-propanediol can be prepared with a residual carbonyl content, calculated as propionaldehyde, of below 500 p...

A sheet-guiding assembly in a sheet delivery system of a sheet-fed printing press includes a plurality of sheet grippers disposed on at least one endlessly revolving chain of a first gripper system for gripping a leading edge of a sheet, and a plurality of after-grippers disposed on at least one endlessly revolving chain of a second gripper system for gripping a trailing edge of the sheet, the she...

For the conditioning of yarn wound into cops, at a ring spinner or twister, after the yarn is wound round the sleeve an additional fluid is applied to the wound yarn according to a set program, before the sound cops are transferred to a conditioning appts. Also claimed is a winding sleeve with openings for fluid to pass through. Pref. during conditioning, the wound yarn at the start is heated to a...

The invention relates to a flexible hose, the wall of which shows either or not spirally windings which form on the outer side of the hose either or not spirally grooves, characterized in that at least one auxiliary tube (2, 7, 9, 11) is connected along the inner wall of the flexible hose (1) to this inner wall.

A process for converting polyurethane foam into reusable polyol composition which comprises glycolyzing the polyurethane foam to yield a glycolysis polyol product containing amines and reacting the glycolysis polyol product with an alkylene oxide in a mole ratio of <1 mole of alkylene oxide per mole of active amine hydrogen atom in the glycolysis polyol product.

The object of the invention consists in a compacting process in powder metallurgy for preparing powders to sintering operations, in which process the powders, after mixing the same with solid lubricants and liquid solvents, are preheated up to a temperature between the room temperature and the softening temperature of the lubricant employed.

A cutting apparatus (1) for sheet-like materials comprises a traveling mechanism having a traveling support member (15) movable above a sheet-like material (2), a cutter (48) hung from the traveling support member of the traveling mechanism and movable in direction perpendicular to traveling directions of the traveling support member, a first detecting device (30) for detecting positions of the cu...

A shrinkable polyester film for applying to bottles and other articles comprises not less than 50 mol% of ethylene terephthalate units and has a birefringence of from 0.040 to 0.150, a shrinkage of not less than 40% in one of the machine direction and the transverse direction and a shrinkage of not more than 20% in the other of the said directions after 5 min treatment in an air oven at 100 DEG C,...

A polysiloxane-polyoxyalkylene composition of the nominal formula: wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R, R', R'' and R''' are individually monovalent polyoxyalkylene polyethers attached to the silicon atom through a difunctional link; and the polyoxyalkylene of R' is a poly(oxypropylene-oxyethylene) ether which contains 20% to 60% oxyethylene by weight and has a...

The sandwich (composite) elements having improved resistance to stress cracking corrosion, comprise A) at least one outer layer of polystyrene, preferably high-impact polystyrene having certain mechanical properties, and B) a layer of polyurethane foam, preferably rigid polyurethane foam, produced using difluorochloromethane as blowing agent and/or a blowing agent mixture essentially comprising ...

A device (6) for handling packs including elongated articles, especially lumber packs (2a, 2b), which is adapted to support the lumber pack during the handling and to be brought to an appropriate position in front of an input opening in a rack (1) for the transfer of a loading pack between the handling device (6) and the rack (1). To avoid that the weight of the article pack during the transfer be...

Vehicle glazing, resistant to break in, consists of a laminated structure of: a first sheet of glass 2.5-2.7 mm. thick, a layer of polyurethane adhesive nominally 0.76 mm. thick, a polycarbonate sheet 2.25-2.75 mm thick, a similar polyurethane adhesive and second glass sheet. The two glass sheets are chemically treated to give surface tensions and the sandwich edges are sealed with polyurethane ma...

A method of forming a hard coat on a polyolefin base, a composite laminate or a formed article is disclosed, which comprises coating the surface of the polyolefin base with an ultraviolet-curable resin composition comprising (a) a polymer containing at least 80% by weight of methyl methacrylate and/or a modified polymer containing at least 80% by weight of methyl methacrylate and having introduced...

Particulate expandable styrene polymers are coated with a distilled acetylated monoglyceride product to reduce the cooling time of articles molded from such expandable styrene polymers. Coating of the expandable particulate styrene polymer is obtained by contacting the polymer with an emulsion of a distilled acetylated monoglyceride and water with a suitable surfactant. The distilled acetylated mo...