Plastic carrier bags are mfd. from thermoplastic plastic by a method in which double layers of material strip (3, 4) are intermittently passed through a pair of feed rollers (1, 2) and moved forwards by the width of the carrying handles to be formed. During stoppage periods, two heated dies (6, 7) form preheated areas (8) having the shape of the handles. A transverse shearing knife (9) cuts off a ...

A device and a method are disclosed for introducing into the fluorescent lamps small amounts of mercury. The device is formed of a metallic container which is capable of containing powders of one or more compounds having the general formula TixZryHgz, but is not hermetically sealed, in order to allow the discharge of mercury vapors generated by the decomposition of such compounds. Some possible de...

A water soluble polymer binder for binding a fibrous substrate comprises from about 25 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of an unsaturated carboxylic acid/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer; from about 5 weight percent to about 35 weight percent of a divalent ion inhibitor; and from about 10 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of a hydrophilic cross-linkable polymer. In a p...

An ergonomically shaped lever for initiating movements in mobile or stationary vehicles. The lever comprises a handle (70) which has a substantially asymmetric cylindrical shape about a longitudinal axis (100), to correspond to the gripping of a hand and a switch (60) having one or more switching points. The switch further has at least one part (40) which protrudes from the handle (70), which is a...

Dispositif élastique de rappel pour fixation de sécurité de ski, comprenant un ressort hélicoïdal (10) et présentant une raideur variable en fonction de la vitesse de sollicitation. Un matériau plastique fluant (11) est intercalé entre les spires du ressort, de telle sorte que la raideur du ressort augmente avec la vitesse de sa compression. Cet élément élastique permet d'éviter un déclenchemen...

The clamp consists of a body (1) with two independently-pivoted jaws (3, 4) able to move apart against the action of a spring, and spaces to release the jaws between the sides of the jaws and the body. The greater part of the spaces, at least towards the outside of the clamp, is filled with a flowing elastic material (8) having a rigidity which varies with the speed of its compression, such as sil...

A combination ottoman, table or desk and a foldable sleeper bed comprises upper and lower wooden frame sections, the lower frame section being configured as an open top box, atop which the upper frame section is located. The two frame sections are interconnected by a pair of opposed four-bar linkages which permit the upper frame section to be moved between a first position in which it rests atop a...

The invention provides a process for preparing flexible to semi-rigid polyurethane moulded items with compacted edge zones with given hardness and a much more flexible cellular core, so-called integral foams, in which physical blowing agents from the set comprising C6 hydrocarbons are used.

Manufacture of a medical device, which presents a hydrophilic surface coated elongate shaft for insertion into a body passageway, comprises: having the elongate shaft formed from a thermoplastic elastomer material comprising a polyether block amide or a styrene block copolymer; and forming the hydrophilic coating on the shaft by sequentially applying to the surface (i) a solution containing 0.05-4...

The present invention concerns a variable-torque braking device. The device is characterized in that it includes a secondary control (14, 17) which allows exertion on a friction-lining pad (9) of an additional moving-system braking torque as a function of a variable command parameter which exerts on the friction-lining pad (9) a movable-system braking force or torque capable of linear variation, i...

Le système d'embrayage, en particulier pour véhicules automobiles, comporte un embrayage à friction (2) et un actionneur (1) à régulation électronique en liaison avec l'embrayage à friction (2) par un organe de réglage (3) mobile en direction de l'embrayage et par lequel les opérations d'embrayage et de débrayage sont effectuées de façon autonome. L'invention prévoit soit que l'actionneur (1) e...

An electrical cord including over-temperature protection including a sensor adjacent an electrical conductor that detects over-temperatures and generates a sensor control signal. An interrupter electrically responsive to the sensor control sig nal defines the state of conductivity of the electrical conductor in accordance with the sen sor control signal. Accordingly, the electrical cord may be mad...

It is a system in which a desired number of flexible packages can be attached on the display strip successively to be more detachable and neither the strip nor the package gets damaged when detaching. Stripping process: the package of which process is completed with the packing machine is held by two reciprocal pneumatic grippers, and carried to a second station where it is sealed to the strip by ...

The invention may broadly be said to consist in a logging system in which information relating to physical attributes of underground strata is recorded using pictorial representations. A library of representations to which further representations may be added in the field is included in the system. The representations generally contain coloured elements which indicate at least some physical attrib...

A foam composition and precursor thereto are disclosed. The foam precursor comprises: a) an epoxy, a modifying material, and a blowing agent, and: b) a carrier and an acid source.

A system and method is provided for advanced multi-currency collateral monitoring and controlling for use in a variety of businesses. The system maintains portfolios of collateral accounts and liability information. It supports transaction processing whether by manual or SWIFT (122) messaging. The system has the ability to apply acceptance rules in determining whether a security purchase by a clie...

Vehicle, in particular a lift truck, comprising a frame (4) and at least one driving axle on each end of which a respective wheel (1a,1b) is mounted, in which said axle is formed by an electric motor (10;1010), the stator (10a;1010a) of which rotates with respect to the frame and is connected to one (1b) of the two wheels (1a,1b) mounted on said axle and the rotor (10b;1010b) of which is connected...

Dispositif pour optimiser le branchement et la coupure d'un chauffage de vitre notamment pour véhicule automobile. Le dispositif comprend une installation de chauffage (10) qui est commandée en fonction du mouillage de la vitre, le mouillage étant détecté au moins par un capteur d'humidité (18, 22).

A flat blank (1) of material, is formed of corrugated cardboard or plastics material. The blank (1) forms, when assembled, a structural element including a number of wall forming panels (2, 3, 4, 5) delimited by a set of transverse fold-lines and having at least two flaps (6, 7) which provide a diagonal cross-brace. The structural element may be formed as a separate component or as an integral par...

A deactivation device for use in deactivating electronic article surveillance ("EAS") tags includes a deactivating coil having first and second coil parts. The first coil part is positioned in angular adjacent relation to the second coil part so that the coil parts are adapted to transmit simultaneously a deactivating field. The deactivating field forms a deactivation zone having a configuration w...