A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the system comprising an accelerator rotatably mounted substantially concentrically within the centrifuge and including a plurality of disc members concentrically and proximately spaced having a first disc and a second disc, each disc having an inside surface and an outer edge defining a disc diameter. The second disc includes a target surface hav...

2124958 9310805 PCTABS00022 The present invention is directed towards immunoglobulin polypeptides that specifically bind to the extracellular domain of the human type beta PDGF receptor. The binding of the immunoglobulin polypeptides to the receptor inhibits PDGF-induced (or stimulated) receptor activation as indicated by inhibition of receptor phosphorylation and dimerisation, and by inhibition o...

A tampon for hygienic use comprising a generally cylindrical absorbent core having a liquid pervious cover layer on the outer surface thereof wherein the cover layer is a polymer net comprising two intersecting sets of parallel ribs and wherein each set of ribs are aligned obliquely with respect to both the main axis of the tampon and to each other. A strip of net may be bonded to one end of a str...

Disclosed are processes and apparatus for separating a desired solute, such as an optically active isomer, from a complex mixture using carrier facilitated transport in an immobilized liquid membrane or carrier facilitated solvent extraction. The carrier is a binding protein selected and/or engineered to immunochemically reversibly bind to the solute and to have a significant solubility in the ext...

A galvanic cell and a multi-cell electric storage battery (15) which includes a novel plate (18,20), strap (34,36) and strap coupling means (38) and intercell weld arrangement (38b).

A sealed lead-acid cell includes a container, a plurality of positive and negative plates alternately interleaved with one another and disposed to opposite ends of the container, primary end cover in sealing engagement with the container which includes electrically conductive means for electrically coupling the lugs of like polarity plates and which is in electrical communication with a terminal p...

La presente invención se refiere a procedimiento para fabricar un compuesto combustible a base de aserrín, parafina y aceite colorante, de los del tipo que se utilizan como iniciadores para la combustión de leña o carbón, caracterizado por primeramente mezclar en forma homogenea cantidades iguales de aserrín y parafina con un grado de fusión de 64ºC mediante una mezcla que homogenice la masa; logr...

2103557 9312177 PCTABS00022 A thermoplastic polyester composition suitable for producing films or fibers excellent in wear resistance, and a biaxially oriented polyester film made therefrom. The composition comprises (A) a thermoplastic polyester and (B) monoclinic and/or tetragonal zirconium oxide particles.

2125578 9312417 PCTABS00023 A sensor (32) and method is provided for measuring one or more select components of a material (18). The method measures the components by emitting electromagnetic radiation (42) at the material (18) and detecting the intensity of the emerging radiation at the material at separate locations (36, 37) from the source (38). The sensor (32) provides a radiation source (38) ...

PCT No. PCT/SE91/00618 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 2, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 2, 1993 PCT Filed Sep. 16, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/05331 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 1992.A hinge strip forms a hinge arrangement comprising a plurality of edge related segments, oriented between two mutually adjacent elements, normally in the form of two flat panels, the strip having at least one surface coated with a respective adh...

The apparatus may be used as a rate gyro or as a gyroscope. It comprises a resonator comprising four mutually parallel identical beams (12a,12b,12c,12d) integral with a common square base (10) and projecting from said base (10) at corners of a virtual square. The beams (12a,12b,12c,12d) have a same resonant frequency in two directions parallel to the two sides of the square (10). It further has fi...

Stable, aqueous emulsion copolymers with controllable siloxane crosslinking functionality are provided. These copolymers are prepared by a free radical and cationic initiated emulsion polymerization of at least one free radical initiatable monomer, at least one linear polysiloxane precursor monomer, and at least one polysilane or polysiloxane precursor monomer having both free radical polymerizabl...

A MBE film deposition apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber provided with a partition wall for dividing the vacuum chamber into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, which are independently provided with a main evacuating apparatus and a auxiliary evacuating apparatus, respectively. The partition wall including an opening for introducing a vacuum impedance for molecular flows between the fi...

Film-forming coating composition for application to a polypropylene substrate, which comprises a polypropylene-adherable polymer P which has a polymer backbone having pendant and/or terminal groups which comprise a moiety of formulae where n is 2 to 500; R<1> is alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R<2> is H or an alkyl or alkenyl group of 1 to 3 carbons, and X is H or halogen and Y is H or haloge...

The vehicle brake with brake cylinder bore insert (30, 130) comprises a cast disc brake cylinder (12, 112) which includes a bore (14, 114) into which the bore insert (30, 130) may be disposed. The bore (14, 114) may have an opening (22, 118) at either one (20, 120) of the opposite axial ends for inserting the bore insert (30, 130). The insert has lock ribs (34) disposed about the perimeter (32) th...

A solventless process for preparing a fluoropolymer based coating which involves mixing and heating a fluoropolymer with a thermoplastic acrylic resin to obtain a molten mixture, slowly cooling the molten mixture to obtain a solid mass having a degree of crystallinity of at least 85% and grinding the solid mass at a temperature higher than -50 DEG C.

2125172 9310735 PCTABS00022 A four wheel drive vehicle (10) which is suitable for use as a wheelchair or the like. The vehicle (10) has a steering arrangement which allows the vehicule to be steered merely by selectively driving the left and right wheels. The steering arrangement (18, 19, 22, 23) requires at least one of the front and rear pairs of wheels (12, 13) to be castor mounted so as to be ...

2125184 9311381 PCTABS00022 A sealing arrangement is provided for preventing fluid leakage along the drive shaft (23) of a centrifugal pump (40) driven by an electric motor (21). The sealing arrangement is in the form of three separate sealing assemblies: a w-shaped seal formed by a casing backplate (42) and repeller (70, 71); a triplex sealing assembly (31) which seals a rotating shaft flange sea...