Conical artificial pin for the intraosseous fixation of prostheses and ligamentary supports, arranged in a rigid manner at the end of an impactor, making the assembly particularly suitable for arthroscopic surgery, characterised in that the said pin (1) comprises, on the outside, in the lower part of its lateral surface, non-return elements (6) directed towards the base (10) of the pin (1), this b...

To process several television signals for transmission purposes, for example for an optical waveguide cable television distribution network, the television signals are first individually digitised (AD) and in each case digitally converted into various non-overlapping frequency bands (DFU1...DFU8). The television signals thus converted are then combined by means of a logical adding stage (ADD) to f...

The energy requirement of the drive system is covered from an electrical energy storage across a rectifier adjusting element, and a station is provided for charging the energy storage, in order to produce a propelling force in vehicles. The drive system contains a linear rotary current machine, which is designed with a prim. part and a sec. part (1) to suit the characteristics in electric wheeled ...

A bacterial composition useful for the preparation or preservation of forage contains a silage or hay bacterial inoculant and a humectant. Particularly useful inoculants include the anti-fungal bacterial of the genus Serratia and lactic acid-producing bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus. Particularly useful humectants include sorbitol, propylene glycol, glycerol and hexametaphosphate. Forage e.g. ...

A dental adhesive consisting essentially of a combination of: (A) at least one trifunctional isocyanate compound, or a composition having an inert diluent incorporated to such isocyanate compound, and (B) a mixture comprising, as the main components, (a) at least one radical polymerizable unsaturated monomer, (b) a radical polymerization initiator, and (c) a polymerizable phosphate compound.

A process for producing pig iron from iron ore concentrate, at which in a reactor vessel iron ore concentrate, coal, oxygen gas and slag formers are injected beneath the surface of a molten iron bath. According to the invention, the ratio CO2/CO in the waste gas (11) from the reactor (2) is caused to increase to a value higher than corresponding to the condition of equilibrium at atmospheric press...

PURPOSE:To decide a representative terminal without informing a host by providing a pin setting means to respective terminal I/Os which are controlled by the host and starting a system only from a representative terminal whose pin is turned on. CONSTITUTION:Plural terminal I/Os 101-103 are provided with pin setting parts 111-113 respectively and one of them is on. The I/O whose pin is turned on di...

PURPOSE:To easily learn an accurate operation by providing a manual display means displaying operation explanation on an item when the item which cannot be executed is designated. CONSTITUTION:A control part 1A executing the operation of the designated menu item as to a selected object for operation and a menu control part 6A displaying the item which cannot be executed by a method different from ...

PURPOSE:To obtain a large reclining angle in the state ensuring a foot space by driving a reclining system part and seat surface raising/lowering system part in accordance with a required operation, and moving a seat face downward when the operation is continued when the reclining angle is the rear inclination limit. CONSTITUTION:When operations switches 9,10 for instructing a longitudinal change ...

NEW MATERIAL:To improve efficiency of assembling work by mounting an arm on one side of car body and rear sheet back and a cylinder body which can store arm on the other side, and supporting rear sheet back to car body in the condition that the arm is inserted into the cylinder body by the predetermined amount in such a way that it can rotate forward and backward. CONSTITUTION:A square pipe 24 is ...

PURPOSE:To ensure good riding performance by operating a drive unit in such a way that rear sheet is moved to retraction position based on output from a detection means which detects opening operation of door. CONSTITUTION:A drive unit 7 is used to change angle from a sheet cushion 3 to a sheet back 4 (reclining angle) by moving and driving the sheet cushion 3 forward and backward. A screw shaft 2...

PURPOSE:To suppress an electronic equipment main body from becoming large in size and to house a touch pen by holding the extendable touch pen by each holding member of a pen holder provided between a pair of hinge coupling parts, in a state that it is shortened. CONSTITUTION:This small electronic equipment is provided with an electronic equipment main body 10, a extendable touch pen 30, and a pen...

PURPOSE:To eliminate sections to have fatigue failure due to vibration and the like by fastening a connector main body holding a substrate and a holding together with small screws, and thereby connecting a contact section to the substrate. CONSTITUTION:The meshing groove 13-3 of a connector main body 13 furnished with a contact section 13-1 at one side surface is engaged with the meshing projectio...

With due consideration of the cross-sectional dimensions available in ISO containers and of the cold-rolling widths that can be achieved, a pressure-resistant tank may be constructed from two casing portions (10, 11) each prefabricated from two longitudinally welded cold-rolled plates, a bottom tubular longitudinal member (12) and a trough-shaped top longitudinal member (13). The two longitudinal ...

The neck (2) at the back of the reflector (1) has a bearing surface (3) at its free end for the annular lampholder (4). The tongue (13) extends above the optical axis into the neck (2) over the bulb (7). The tongue (13) is at least as long as the collar (5) around the neck. its width is about twice the distance between the edges of the opening (8) and the cutout for the upper fixture (11). ADVANTA...

There is disclosed a digital audio equalizer comprising an analog/digital (A/D) converter for converting an analog audio signal into a digital audio data, a digital interface receiver for demodulating the digital data that have been modulated into a digital audio interface format into the original audio data, a signal input select switch for selecting one of the outputs of the A/D converter and di...

The invention relates to an implant material based on natural bone, which material is a sintered ceramic material in which the porous fine structure of the bone is present in essentially unchanged form and which comprises more than 99% of hydroxyapatite.