An apparatus for use in activating and/or deactivating an EAS tag which comprises a support, a first number of one or more first discrete small magnets arranged in a first row and a second number of one or more second discrete small magnets arranged in a second row. Each first discrete small magnet is situated adjacent a second discrete small magnet and has a first region of a first magnetic polar...

An electronic article surveillance tag deactivation system includes a transmitter, a receiver, a deactivation coil and a controller (microprocessor) for establishing time periods for operation of the transmitter, the receiver and the deactivation coil, and for selectively varying detection sensitivity of the receiver. Detection of a tag prior to deactivation is effected with the receiver at low se...

A fiber structure for spontaneously transporting a liquid in a desired direction, said fiber structure being capable of interfiber liquid transport. The fiber structure comprises at least two fibers, wherein the fibers are wettable with a liquid to be contacted with the fiber structure, and a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone has an average capillary radius greater than the aver...

Le transducteur comprend une lame allongée de forme plate, destinée à être interposée entre des éléments d'application d'une force longitudinale à la lame, ladite lame constituant, dans sa partie médiane, deux poutres latérales (24a,24b) séparées par un intervalle, reliées par les parties terminales de la lame et portant des moyens de mise en vibration des poutres dans le plan des grandes faces de...

An articulated jointed, variable-geometry windscreen wiper which includes: an operating arm (4) fixed to an oscillatable shaft (6), a wiper arm (8) pivoted on the operating arm (4) about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the oscillatable shaft, and a transmission mechanism operable to control rotation of the wiper arm (8) relative to the operating arm (4) in the opposite sense to tha...

A device for searching for the yarn end on the conical windings of textile yarn cops increases the dependability of the detection of the position of the conical windings by providing a nozzle element in the yarn grasping mechanism for contacting the conical windings and whose position can be changed in relation to a sensor-controlled lifting mechanism. A sensor is arranged on the yarn grasping mec...

This cart for industrialised transport of eggs is characterised in having a U-shaped structure of box type, comprising a rectangular base divided into two complementary rectangular trapezoidal parts, one of which is full and the other empty, so as to accommodate the full part of another equal and opposite cart, to achieve an interpenetration of the two carts, said carts having their other horizont...

Carabiner 1 used for safety function, able to intervene immediately in automatic manner during an emergency, comprises a ring structure 2 with an opening 4 intended to engage with a cord 14, tied to a mountain climber 13, and having on its inside a V-neck 6 which presents an acute angle having amplitude α of predetermined value, sufficiently limited to achieve automatic locking of said cord 14 in ...

Disclosed is an improvement in a drying apparatus comprising a cylindrical drying vessel, the inner wall surface of which makes up a heat-transmitting surface, a heat-generating means encircling the cylindrical drying vessel, and at least one rotating vane assembly rotatably fixed in the cylindrical drying vessel. The rotating vane assembly has vane sections, which leave between their circumferent...

A modular power supply system (10) is provided for providing a multiplicity of output voltages from a plurality of respective converter modules (70a - 70n). Each of the converter modules (70a - 70n) has an input coupled to a DC high voltage bus (22) from which a respective output voltage is generated. The voltage supplied on DC bus (22) is generated by a power factor corrected boost converter circ...

A modular power supply system (10) is provided for providing a multiplicity of output voltages from a plurality of respective converter modules (70a - 70n). Each of the converter modules (70a - 70n) has an input coupled to a DC high voltage bus (22) from which a respective output voltage is generated. The voltage supplied on DC bus (22) is generated by a power factor corrected boost converter circ...

Two capacitive sensor components (5, 6) are incorporated, of which the second is arranged in connection with the first. The detector (22) detects potential alteration in the first sensor component and the second capacitive component comprises a drive located on one side of the first component. The detecting area is limited to that located on the other side of the first sensor component. The drive ...

In a method for removing oil or leached water from contaminated soil, (a) a steel pipe (1) with a loosely secured cap (3) is pile driven into the soil; (b) a perforated plastic tube (2) is inserted into the pipe and pushed firmly against the upper side of the cap; (c) the steel pipe is pulled up and removed to leave the tube and pipe cap in the soil; and (d) the upper end of the tube is sealed wit...