The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in splitting and cutti ng wood, including a frame having a log support for holding a log to be split a nd cut, a vertically extending frame for holding a removable wedge or axe head connected to a manually operable drive means for engaging the wedge on an upper portion of a log for cutting and splitting the log.

A modular assembly for detachable securing an accessory component to a garment or the like, comprises a meshed fabric, with an array of first openings forming an integral part of the garment. A base plate and a locking plate are provided, the former being secured to the accessory component. A plurality of studs are provided on one of the plates, and a plurality of second openings are provided on t...

A cushion for use in the transportation of an article of electronic equipment in a carrying case includes a plurality of bolsters. A bolster is disposed so as to diagonally traverse the corner where the side wall of the carrying case meet to provide a shock absorbing bolster at each corner.

A card connector ( 100 ) comprises an insulating housing ( 10 ), first and second sets of contacts ( 22, 24 ) received in the insulating housing ( 10 ), a protection door ( 40 ) and a resilient member ( 304 ). The insulating housing ( 10 ) defines a receiving space ( 18 ) with a first entrance opening ( 19 ). The protection door ( 40 ) moveably covers the first entrance opening ( 19 ) for receivin...

A method for treating a sphincter provides a polymer material having a liquid state. The method also provides a catheter having a distal end, a tissue piercing device carried by the distal end, and an energy delivery device coupled to the tissue piercing device. The tissue piercing device has a lumen. The method introduces the catheter into an esophagus and pierces an exterior sphincter tissue sur...

The invention is directed to an electrosurgical device having a shapeable elongate cutting electrode having a free distal end with an exposed length of at least 0.5 inch and secured by its proximal end to the distal end of a handle. The electrosurgical device is designed for use with a high frequency electrosurgical generator which has an output at a frequency of between about 1 MHz and about 10 M...

A cemented carbide tool comprising hard constituents in a binder phase of Co and/or Ni and at least one surface portion and an interior portion in which surface portion the grain size is smaller than in the interior portion is disclosed. The surface portion with the fine grain size has a lower binder phase content than the interior portion. A method to form the cemented carbide cutting tool is als...

A cord is supplied continuously and on demand by a suitable distributor. The apparatus is used with a revolving form ( 1 ) on which the reinforcement is progressively built up by depositing sections of the cord along a desired trajectory for the cord on the surface of the form. The apparatus comprises an element for depositing the cord on the surface of the form ( 1 ), describing an alternating pa...

A cord-reinforced tire structural member is formed by successively arranging strips of a predetermined width w of about pi in. and bonding together edge parts of adjacent strips 3 . The number of cords included in each of the strips 3 is determined for the type of the cords. A tire structural member 4 is formed by successively arranging a number of the strips 3 , equal to a tire size in inch in a ...

Method and appliance for carrying out membrane electrophoresis using microfiltration or ultrafiltration membranes, wherein the electroosmotic flow which develops in the membrane pores is reduced or offset by pressure superposition. The appliance for the membrane electrophoresis comprises at least an at least quadrupartite separation chamber ( 7 ), having at least one diluate space ( 16 ) and one c...

A method for improving the processability of foam premixes containing HFC and/or pentane-based blowing agents in polyols is provided, which method comprises adding trans-1,2-dichloroethylene to said premix in an amount effective to enhance said processability.

A system, suitable for high-speed operation, by which raw product ( 45 ), such as a slab of meat, can be accurately processed, such as by slicing into segments of desired weight, comprises a product profiling apparatus ( 15 ). The product profiling apparatus ( 15 ) measures the profile of the physical process. The product profiling apparatus ( 15 ) includes line lasers ( 75, 85 ) for directing a l...

An apparatus selects an access network in a mobile station capable of receiving a service from a multi-wireless communication network. The apparatus comprises a physical layer capable of communicating with the multi-wireless communication network; an access network selector for storing information on an available network in the multi-wireless communication network and selecting a network during co...

The invention relates to a control system ( 1 ) for a vehicle provided with an electronically controlled drive train ( 2 ) which comprises a steering system ( 6 ), a braking system ( 7 ) and a transmission unit ( 4 ). An operating unit ( 10 ) generates a motion vector (BV) based on a driver's wish (FW), from which control signals (SS) are generated by a control unit ( 12 ) for controlling the driv...

Web control validation may be defined using one or more declarations that are included in an ASP+ file by the web page author. The declarations specify server-side objects that validate the input data received in the web page and provide error handling in the event of a validation failure error. Validation declaration parameters specify the validation criteria against which the input data is valid...

DISPOSIÇçO INTRODUZIDA EM COLETE SALVA-VIDAS. Constituído por um colete salva-vidas (1), de tecido com tratamento anti-chama, com face posterior (2) dotado com abertura para uso simultâneo de equipamentos de segurança (3) e faixas de Polipropileno ou de material similar (4) com fechos de engate rápido (5) para envolver as pernas do soldador e a referida face (2) unida, por faixas de tecido (6), às...

TERMINAL ELETRâNICO COM IMPRESSORA AUTENTICADORA. Patente de Modelo de Utilidade para uni Terminal Eletrônico com um módulo de Impressora Autenticadora embutido em seu interior que opere as funções de leitura ótica 1 e autenticação mecânica 2 e/ou um scanner 3 que leia os documentos de compensação e os autentique simultaneaniente, ou só opere a função de leitor e reconheça o documento para que pos...

MÉTODO PARA MELHORAR A UNIFORMIDADE DE UM PNEUMÁTICO. Um método de fabncaçáo de pneumático inclui um método para otimizar a uniformidade de um pneumático reduzindo a excentricidade radial do pneumático verde. A excentricidade radial do pneumático verde é modelada como uma soma vetorial de cada um dos vetores que representam contribuições que surgem das etapas de construção do pneumático. Um conjun...

PROCESSO E DISPOSITIVO PARA EFETUAR PAGAMENTOS ATRAVÉS DE DÉBITO OU CREDITO POR MEIO DA LEITURA DIGITAL. Caracterizado por um dispositivo para leitura digital onde o processo de reconhecimento da digital é simples, bastando primeiramente o usuário cadastrar pelo menos uma digital, inserindo a palma do dedo no scanner do leitor, onde é efetuada a gravação da digital, depois é feita uma verificação,...

A torque-coupling assembly comprises a rotatable torque-coupling case, a friction clutch assembly for selectively engaging the torque-coupling case and an output shaft, a hydraulic pump for generating a hydraulic fluid pressure and a variable pressure-relief valve assembly to selectively control the clutch assembly. The variable pressure-relief valve assembly includes a valve closure member, a val...