The apparatus consists of a supporting frame (1) with a guide unit (2) for individual threads that are then inserted into an assembly unit (3) for knotting or welding together. It also has a feed unit (4) that provides temporary individual support for threads from an upstream machine, a unit (5) for inserting the threads into the assembly unit (3), and fixing units (6, 7, 8), and a cutter for the ...

A system is provided with a solid-liquid separator which can transport sludge and other material for treatment without clogging and can efficiently separator liquid from such material for treatment. The system includes movable plates and fixed plates alternatingly disposed and two screws disposed in holes formed in the movable plates and fixed plates. The screws have blades that partially overlap....

To produce analyzing materials, especially test strips for fluid samples with an active capillary zone, a carrier layer (1) is prepared and a spacer layer (2) is laminated over one surface. A contour is cut, stamped or embossed from the laminated material to match the shape of the capillary-active zone (8), and any surplus spacer layer material is peeled away from the zone. A covering layer (11) i...

The device has a strap (5) and a terminal part (1) for fixing a wireless telephone (3). The terminal part has a handle (12) that forms a passage to stretch a flexible cord (13) coupled to a ring (14), for providing direct or indirect connection with the strap and cord. The terminal part has a flat reception surface (11) that is made of an adhesive material (2) to integrate the terminal part with t...

A positive signal comparator system includes a transceiver located on a train for transmitting an interrogation signal to a wayside signal device and receiving a response signal from the wayside signal device, an input device through which an operator enters a signal in response to the signal received from the wayside signal device, and a controller including a signal comparator for determining if...

The mechanical auxiliary release device for a spring brake cylinder (1) has an operating shaft (10) screwed to the aluminum brake cylinder housing (4) via a tool attachment face (6). The operating shaft is provided with a mark (18) representing the maximum permissible screwing distance. The mark is formed by a groove on the radially outer periphery of the operating shaft and which extends in the c...

La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'aide à la conception de documents, notamment de type contractuel, mettant en jeu des obligations qui peuvent être actives pendant certaines périodes de temps successives et inactives pendant d'autres périodes de temps, et ce en fonction de paramètres.Ce dispositif est caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens aptes à afficher de façon schématique...

A process for preparing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres comprising the following steps: i) preparing a mixture (A) of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in a solvent having a concentration on in said polymer ranging from 0.3 to 2% by weight on the total mixture weight, ii) adding to a part of the mixture (A) polyethylene powder until obtaining a mixture (B) having a ...

A storage system for realizing bill payment from a credit terminal at a store. A user has a storage card (50) supplied in advance. This card is swiped by a card read device (204) of a normal terminal installed at a credit card member store (104). However, this card has such a numbering scheme that the card number is distinguished from a normal credit card. When performing a payment, the user pays ...

In a method of forming a trench structure having a wide void therein, a first trench having a first width and a first depth is formed in a substrate. The first trench is filled with a first insulation layer pattern defining the void in the first trench. A second trench is formed on the first trench. The second trench has a second width wider than the first width and a second depth shallower than t...

Analog capacitors, and methods of fabricating the same, include a lower electrode having a lower conductive layer, a capacitor dielectric layer on the lower conductive layer, and an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric layer to be opposite to the lower electrode, wherein the upper electrode includes at least an upper conductive layer in contact with the capacitor dielectric layer, wherein t...

The object of this invention is to provide a haircutting blade with an oilless metal piece. The haircutting blade includes a stationary blade part (10) supported by a support bracket (15), a movable blade part (20) mounted to a front portion of an engineering plastic body (25) and placed on the stationary blade part (10), and a coil spring (40) to bias the movable blade part (20) so that the movab...

An electronic component is provided wherein the winding center line (Y) of a coil 72 buried in a rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped chip 71 is set on a straight line joining the central points of a pair of square opposed end surfaces of the chip where terminal electrodes 73a and 73b are formed, wherein the coil 72 is arranged so that the winding locus of the coil 72 as seen in the direction of the ...

The assembly has an instrument panel (4) fixed to a case of a vehicle. Control units control headlights, signaling lights, and windshield wiper of the vehicle. Vanes (12, 14) extend above the control units, and include meters (16) directed towards a driver. Operating positions of the control units, the vanes and the meters are adjustable with respect to the instrument panel.;

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The antenna has a screened aerial on a back window (2) of a motor vehicle and having a defroster network (4) to which two vertical symmetrical lines (5) are superposed. A thick earth line (8) is screened on the window, and a bifilar cable (11, 12) connects the aerial to an electronic case (9). The aerial is screened in the form of F of a servitude antenna, which is connected by a bifilar cable (18...

The present invention relates to automated chromatography systems and software for controlling such automated systems for optimising the purification of a protein from a sample. The software is adapted to monitor the signal from a detector in the system, determine two signal parameters and to control the components of the system depending on the actual values of the two signal parameters.

Using a matrix of silanated organic polymer (I), in hydrogel form, for forming a calcium phosphate-based coating and/or for fixing active agent(s) on the surface of a biocompatible substrate, is new. - Independent claims are included for: - (1) treating the surface of a biocompatible substrate to form a calcium phosphate-based coating, comprising impregnating the substrate by immersion in an alkal...

The invention provides porous silicon nitride ceramics that have uniform, fine closed pores and a manufacturing method thereof. Metal Si powder is mixed with a sintering additive, followed by thermal treatment, which is a pre-process for forming a specific grain boundary phase. Two-stage thermal treatment is thereafter performed by microwave heating at a temperature of 1000 DEG C or more. The meta...