A polymer, including alkyl substituted poly(2,2 '-bipyridine-5,5 '-diyl) having chemical formulae as follows: wherein R and R' are H or an alkyl group having not less than 1 carbon atom, except that at least one of R and R' is an alkyl group having not less than 3 carbons, 'n' is a degree of polymerization and is not less than 10. The polymer may be used as a material for a ...

A single-tub washing and dehydrating machine includes a microcomputer control means which, when the drain hole is blocked with laundries to be dehydrated in a dehydrating process to cause reduction of pressure inside an air trap and thereby a reset water level is detected erroneously, provides an error indication immediately after the detection, or controls the pulsator to effect a predetermined c...

PCT No. PCT/EP93/01487 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 20, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 20, 1994 PCT Filed Jun. 12, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/25559 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 1993.The present invention provides photoactive sulfonium salts which can be employed as photoinitiators for the polymerization of cationically polymerized organic substances and are soluble in these substances.

PCT No. PCT/DE94/00589 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 27, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 27, 1995 PCT Filed May 18, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/28607 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 1994In a gas-filled overvoltage diverter, the electrodes are coated with an activation compound and are located on an insulator. At least one axial ignition strip is disposed on the inner surface of the insulator. The inner surface of the insulator ...

PCT No. PCT/EP94/00911 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 22, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 22, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 23, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/28686 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 1994In a process for operating a mobile radiotelephone system in which mobile stations are actuated with the aid of an identification number transmitted from the mobile station concerned to an active system in that, after the identification number ...

A method for treating waste water involves mixing the waste water with an active slurry and water saturated with air under excess pressure. Following pressure reduction, air bubbles separate out from the liquid supersaturated with gas, and biological oxidation of impurities by means of the active slurry together with flotation are carried out at the same time in a single reaction chamber. A part o...

A media streamer (10) includes at least one storage node (16, 17) for storing a digital representation of a video presentation. The video presentation requires a time T to present in its entirety, and is stored as a plurality of N data blocks, each data block storing data corresponding approximately to a T/N period of the video presentation. The media streamer further includes a plurality of commu...

A method of mounting a plurality of semiconductor elements (2) each having bump electrodes (4) on a wiring board (5) by pressing the semiconductor elements to the wiring board while aligning the electrodes and heating the structure. In the mounting method, one or more heat sinks (1) are previously joined to the backs opposite to the surfaces with the bump electrodes formed thereon of the semicondu...

Prostředek a způsob jsou určeny pro výrobu suspenze hmoty pro izolační stěny, zejména pro zhotovení izolačních stěn ve výkopech jednofázovým způsobem, na bázi bentonitu, rozemleté vysokopecní strusky a aktivátoru pro vysokopecní strusku. Prostředek je tvořen suchou směsí stabilní při uložení, sestávající v podstatě z bentonitu a rozemleté vysokopecní strusky, přičemž aktivátor pro vysokopecní ...

A method and apparatus (10) provide a deployment signal for deploying a vehicle occupant restraint device (20) during a side impact to a vehicle. The method includes the step of sensing a non-door side impact at a non-door location, and the step of providing a non-door side impact signal. The method further includes the step of sensing an on-door side impact at a vehicle door, and the step of prov...

A ball-and-socket joint prosthesis, e.g. a hip joint prosthesis, which comprises an outer shell element (34), a ball component (42), and a replaceable bearing insert element (10) positioned between the shell and the ball component. The bearing insert has a generally spherical inside surface which encompasses more than half of the ball component to thereby retain it. The insert has an outside surfa...

An apparatus for liquefying a polyurethane based thermoplastic adhesive which includes a heatable sealed supply container having an upper portion for receiving a downwardly open transport container for the adhesive and a lower portion serving as a buffer volume. A base portion is arranged below the supply container and includes a collecting trough leading to an outlet passage. A cover is provided ...

PURPOSE:To provide the grout material which can be forcibly fed, has good packability and cures perfectly after packing by using coarse aggregate and fine aggregate of specific sizes with cement compounded with a non-separating agent and a high-performance water-reducing agent, thereby preparing an aq. slurry having a specific compsn. CONSTITUTION:This grout material for underwater structures cons...

An MPEG video decompression method and apparatus describe several inventions including memory addressing, transforming data using a common processing block, time synchronization, asynchronous swing buffering, storing of video information and a parallel Huffman decoder. The time synchronisation, of e.g. system decoder 256 and video decoder 270, involves clock references 253 for initialising system ...

A method for encapsulating optical fibers (26, FIG. 2) comprises the steps of bonding optical fiber to a first surface of a rigid flat member (17) and placing the flat member in a substantially air-tight chamber (10, FIG. 1). An encapsulating sheet(13) is located in the air-tight chamber, such that it faces the flat member. The air pressure on the flat member is then made to be significantly lower...

A method of partial dealuminization of a zeolitic catalyst by steaming, which comprises passing steam through a zeolitic catalyst bed in a reactor to bring the catalyst into contact with the steam for 0.1 to 50 hours under the temperature distribution condition that satisfies the following requisites (1) and (2): (1) 500 DEG C

A flexible multi-parameter conductor cable having coaxially symmetric elongated zones for signal carrying conductor placement therein, comprising an electrically conductive inner shield defining an electrically shielded inner longitudinal zone symmetrically disposed along and defining a center of said cable for containing at least one of a first type of signal carrying conductor, and an electrical...

The present invention pertains to a new process for forming thermoplastic materials - in particular bioabsorbable thermoplastics - at temperatures below the melting temperature range, using gases under critical conditions.

The disclosure relates to a method of producing bottle or tube-like, capped packages from a polymer material which is plastically formable in the heated state. In the forming operation, a sheet (7) of polymer material heated to plasticity is fixedly clamped over the aperture (2) of a conically shaped cavity (1) corresponding to the form and size of the produced packaging container. The plastic she...

Natural fibres, in particular sheep's wool, is used to produce building elements for fashioning façades of buildings and surfaces of supporting constructions in a durable manner. Also disclosed is a process for producing such building elements. Known façade facings made of coated glass and mineral wools, artificial foams, plastics in general and even metals have for some time now not gone without ...