The sheets conveyance device, used in a converting press for paper or cardboard sheets comprising at least one feeding station, a converting station, a waste stripping station and a delivery station for converted sheets, comprises two endless gripper bar chains (5, 6) assembled for conveying the sheets from the feeding station to the delivery station, a transverse driving shaft (2) equipped with d...

A robust, low-loss wired pipe joint is provided for service as a component of a wired pipe string for transmitting measurement data to a surface station from locations in a borehole in oil well drilling and oil well operations. Conductive layers reduce signal energy losses over the length of the drill string by reducing resistive losses and flux losses at each inductive coupler. The wired pipe joi...

A lock nut (70) for installation on a threaded shaft (34,40), the nut comprising a body portion (72) with a central threaded bore (74), a plurality of circumferentially spaced, threaded through bores (76) in the body portion, each through bore (76) being essentially parallel to an axis of rotation of the lock nut; and a corresponding plurality of screws (78) in the circumferentially spaced, thread...

The invention relates to expandable butyl rubber bladders for use in curing presses for hydrocarbon rubbers such as pneumatic tires. The bladders are a crosslinked elastomer comprising isobutylene repeat units and the bladder composition contains lecithin, particularly a modified lecithin, preferably in liquid form, dispersed within the bladder composition. The bladder composition may also contain...

A tire building apparatus (1) comprises a group of many segments (5) enlarging to pushingly lock a bead portion (Bp) of a green tire, a ring-shaped inner piston (8) engaging with each segment of such a group, a ring-shaped outer piston (9) contacting and engaging with a back face of the inner piston, a cylinder (6) slidably housing the inner piston and the outer piston therein, a pair of gas press...

A paper feeding apparatus includes a first support member (31) for supporting a central area of a lower surface of printing paper (5) placed on a paper tray (10), second support members (32) for supporting corner areas of the lower surface of the printing paper (5), sensors (19) for detecting heights of an upper surface of the printing paper (5) placed on the paper tray (10), motors (38) rotatable...

Methods of forming a new wear and abrasion overlay (42) formed with the steel surfaces of components (41) for earth boring bits, and the components formed by the methods are disclosed. The overlay (42) comprises a hard material particulate (38) containing a metal carbide and an alloy steel matrix (44). The volume fraction of the hard material particulate (38) in the overlay is grater than about 75...

An apparatus for forming a desired belt member in such a manner that a continuous strip material is cut into a plurality of strips each having a predetermined length while the strip material is fed in a direction traversing a conveyer and the cut strips are aligned and spliced on the conveyer while moving the conveyer intermittently. The apparatus is provided with a first guide having a bottom pla...

A CT scanner includes a stationary gantry (A) defining an examination region (12) and a rotating gantry (C) which rotates about the examination region. Multiple fan beam generators (B), each capable of producing a beam of radiation directed through the examination region, are mounted to the rotating gantry. The radiation beams are collimated (42) into a plurality of parallel thin fan shaped beams ...

Sutureless, implantable fluid shunting devices and associated methods for controlling the pressure of fluids within anatomical spaces or cavities of the body. The device generally comprises a tube having a diffusion barrier (e.g., diffusion chamber) formed on a proximal end thereof. Fluid which flows through the tube will collect within the diffusion chamber and will diffuse outwardly therethrough...

A multiaxial press fabric includes a base fabric and a plurality of layers of staple fiber material attached to the base fabric. The base fabric has at least one layer assembled by spirally winding a woven fabric strip, and takes the form of an endless loop. Because of the spiral winding, the yarns of the woven fabric strip lie in directions different from the machine- and cross-machine directions...

A downhole tool for collecting data from a subsurface formation is disclosed. The tool is provided with a probe for testing and/or sampling an adjacent formation. The tool is also provided with a protector positioned about the probe for engaging and protecting the sidewall of the bore hole surrounding the probe. The protector prevents deterioration of the wellbore during the testing and/or samplin...

A method where two disk cutter rolls are used to form slits in a staggered pattern in a metal sheet; disk cutters are part of the disk cutter rolls; ridges are arranged in a peripheral edge of the disk cutters; and valleys are arranged between the ridges, where an axis-to-axis distance L (mm) of the rolls satisfies a relationship of 2r-0.3<=L<2r when a radius of a reference circumferential face ma...

A composite rotary tool includes at least first and second regions comprising first and second materials, respectively. The first and second regions are autogenously bonded and differ with respect to at least one characteristic such as, for example, modulus of elasticity, hardness, wear resistance, fracture toughness, tensile strength, corrosion resistance, coefficient of thermal expansion, or coe...

An orientated polyester film coated on at least one surface with a coating that improves its antiblocking properties is disclosed. The coating contains an organic polymer and about 0.002% to 1.5% by weight, based on the weight of the coating, of porous particles that have a pore volume of at least 0.03 mL/g and a particle size of about 0.5 mum to 4.5 mum.

Pharmaceutical formulations comprise a mono- or di-aminopyridine active agent for administration on a once- or twice-daily basis for use in the treatment of neurological diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The formulations, which are suitable for oral or percutaneous administration of the active agent, include the active agent in a carrier effective to permit releas...

A holster for a tool comprises a carrier (10) forming part of or adapted to be securable to a waist belt (12) The carrier supports an elongate cradle (14) having an opening to receive a tool. An arm 16 is pivoted to the carrier (10) to overlie the cradle (14) at least at its opening. The cradle (14) and arm (16), when in a closed position, form a tubular section. The arm (16) is spring-biased to a...

A functional urethane resin film characterized in that it is substantially nontacky in itself has a tensile elongation at break of 50 to 1000 %, and is formed from an aqueous urethane resin dispersion (A).

A vector processing system for executing vector instructions, each instruction defining multiple value pairs, an operation to be executed and a modifier, the vector processing system comprising a plurality of parallel processing units, each arranged to receive one of said pairs of values and, when selected, to implement an operation on said value pair to generate a result, each processing unit com...

A presence detection and control system (2) outputs an identification code related to an individual, a motion signal in response to detecting motion in a field of view and/or a temperature signal related to an ambient temperature. A main control device (4) generates at least one wireless control signal based on the ID code, the motion signal and/or the temperature signal. A smart outlet (6) or a p...