The invention concerns a method for treating the surface of a plastic material comprising the following steps: (1) applying on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic material a composition with polymerizable and/or crosslinkable reactive functions comprising: 1 to 99 wt. % of at least a polymerizable and/or at least partially polymerized silicone matrix A, including (co)monomers, (co)oligomer...

An electromagnet assembly for an electromagnetic apparatus has a ring member, a coil bobbin having an electrical wire wound a spool of the ring member, and a ring case. The ring member is disposed in an annular groove of the ring case. An opening is formed through the ring case adjacent to its closed end surface. A connector, which is disposed on the ring case and covers the opening, includes a ca...

A positive signal comparator system (100) comprises a transceiver (140) located on a train for transmitting an interrogation signal to a wayside signal device (190) and receiving a response signal from the wayside signal device (190), an input device through which an operator enters a signal in response to the signal received from the wayside signal (device190), and a controller (110) including a ...

Polyurethane films containing certain silver-based antimicrobial formulations therein are provided. Such formulations comprise antimicrobial compounds, such as, preferably silver-containing ion-exchange resins, such as zirconium phosphate, glass, or zeolite compounds. The inventive films exhibit excellent antimicrobial qualities as well as surprisingly good color characteristics. As a result, anti...

An ultraviolet rays shielding hat having a sun visor is disclosed. The hat includes an elastically circular band having an outer periphery, a plurality of guide supports attached to the side portions of the outer periphery, wherein said each guide support has a guide groove in each of a top side and a bottom side thereof, an inner support disk having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein ...

The invention relates to a method for leaching a material containing a valuable metal and precipitating the valuable metal as a fine-grained powder by changing the electrochemical potential of an intermediary metal in the solution. In the leaching stage the intermediary metal or substance of the electrolyte solution is at a high degree of oxidation and in the precipitation stage another electrolyt...

The covering has a tongue (303) which extends radially on a semi-disc (301) that forms the covering and in a plane of the semi-disc. The tongue is situated at a top part of the covering corresponding to a top part of a piston (200). The tongue cooperates with a brake caliper unit in which the piston is mounted. The covering is coupled with a part of the piston at its open end (203). - An INDEPENDE...

L'invention concerne une dispersion silicone aqueuse contenant des polyorganosiloxanes (POS) réticulables ou réticulés par polycondensation. Le but de l'invention est de fournir une dispersion de ce type qui remédie aux carences des dispersions connues, et qui soit apte à réticuler correctement et suffisamment en un élastomère qui confère à l'application finale (e.g. peinture) une hydrofugation ef...

L'invention concerne une sonde de mesure et de traitement autonome destinée à être descendue dans un tubage pour être installée temporairement au fond d'un puits d'hydrocarbures.Elle comporte des moyens d'ancrage amovibles (3, 4) aptes à ancrer la sonde à un cuvelage au fond du puits, un ensemble de capteurs, des moyens d'enregistrement, des moyens de traitement des mesures fournies par les capteu...

A sequence of instruction provides for a customer an interruption or waiting setting of a first telephonic link (22) established between a client terminal (1) and a first server or terminal dedicated to a first participant. It is provided resumption or establishing of a second telephonic link (24) between the client terminal (1) and a second server or terminal dedicated to a second participant. A...

A camera (100) with the functionality of taking a picture at the instant of activating a shutter release button (130) as well as a plurality of pictures which is stored in a buffer storage (102). The plurality of pictures contains pictures taken before as well as after the traditionally taken picture. This provides the user with the possibility of reviewing the pictures taken at the instant of act...

The device has a translucent support (1) comprising motifs, and lighting units (2) for illuminating the support and located behind the support with respect to the illumination direction. A translucent plate (3) is located in front of the support. The support comprises of a lenticular film to form a virtual three dimensional image of the motifs for an observer situated in front of the plate (3). An...

A device for debugging an electronic circuit manufactured based on an initial program in hardware description language comprising an instrumentation unit capable of determining a first additional circuit capable of activating a first observation signal representative of the operation of a portion of the electronic circuit corresponding to a determined portion of the initial program, a second addit...

The invention concerns an instrument panel comprising, mounted on a printed circuit board (4), at least one indicator (1) with pointer (8) mounted rotating on a pin (6) of a driving motor (5), with one pointer indicator end (18) adapted to be driven around a substantially circular dial (13). There is provided, adjacent to the pointer indicator (1), a housing (20) for plugging in a display (40) ope...

The invention relates to solid molded polycarbonate members having improved optical and processing characteristics.; La invencion se refiere a miembros de policarbonato moldeados solidos que tienen caracteristicas opticas y de procesamiento mejoradas.

The present invention relates to a nonwoven material consisting of a mixture containing continuous filaments and short fibres, the continuous filaments being substantially mechanically bonded to each other due to entangling of fibres and filaments. According to the invention the continuous filaments in the material have a projected coverage of at least 1.1 and not more than 1.7. The invention also...

A cleaning device for cleaning a nozzle surface of an ink-jet head has a first wiping member for wiping a nozzle surface of an ink-jet head and a second wiping member for wiping the first wiping member, and a lever driving mechanism for moving the first wiping member between a retracted position located away from the nozzle surface and a wiping position for wiping the nozzle surface. The second wi...

An expansion piston (EP) (2) and a compression piston (CP) (4) fit along a common center axis (6) and operate when aligned in series. First gas chambers (GK1) in a compression cylinder component (5) on the underside (15) of the CP and in an expansion cylinder component (3) on the underside (16) of the EP connect via a first heater (18), a first regenerator (19) and a first cooler (20). Second ...

Inclusion of relatively small amounts of organic ionic species, such as calcium stearate, in the preparation of an electrically conductive polymer composite composition provides a composition having enhanced electrical properties relative to the composite composition lacking the added organic ionic species. As a result of this enhancement, normally insulating materials which rely upon a conductive...

A method is provided for use of a concrete composition and an associated apparatus. The method provides for mixing of the concrete material, accelerant powder and, optionally, an associated substance to enable the controlled hardening of the concrete material in a monolithic structure. The apparatus can dispose a slip-plane film to facilitate a relatively continuous process.