A full floating point vector processor includes a master processing unit having DMA I/O means, a wide bandwidth data memory having static RAM and/or interleaved dynamic RAM, an address generator operative to provide address generation for data loaded in the data memory, a concurrently operating pipeline control sequencer operative to provide fully programmable horizontal format microinstructions s...

PCT No. PCT/US84/00149 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 2, 1984 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 4, 1984 PCT Filed Feb. 2, 1984 PCT Pub. No. WO84/03193 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 16, 1984.The present invention relates to a continuous method for manufacturing an electret filter medium from dielectric material having an open or porous structure, said method comprising the steps of continuously feeding a web of dielectric material w...

A pipe cluster unit comprises a plurality of plastic pipes arranged parallel to one another and being in mutual engagement with one another along longitudinal lines of contact to form a pipe cluster and a cover layer bonded to external surface portions of the pipes. The cover layer connects adjoining pipes to one another by bridging the adjoining pipes at locations spaced from respective lines of ...

Flexible piles (5) are arranged close to the center of the tower (1) and evenly spaced apart on a circumference the area of which is about 10% of the area of the tower. The product of the total buoyancy of the tower by the arm level between the buoyancy center and the center of the articulation is at least equal to 1.25 times the product of the weight of the platform by the arm level between the c...

A seating unit that includes two side support assemblies and a plurality of lateral connecting rods which are received in mounting apertures through the side assemblies. A securing clip is received inside the hollow ends of each lateral connecting rod to prevent the side assemblies from separating. Each clip has a pair of extending legs with a locking tab that seats in a recess within the lateral ...

A light supply apparatus for an endoscope comprises a discharge lamp for supplying light to an endoscope, and a microprocessor for controlling various devices such as a display unit for displaying data. The discharge lamp is ignited by an ignition signal. The microprocessor is reset by the ignition signal. The display unit is held in the same state as before the ignition of the lamp even when the ...

The seat consists essentially of a seat frame and a back rest frame, which are screwed to each other by way of plates which are welded thereto. The seat frame and back rest frame each consist of a curved sectional member, whereof the ends are constructed as skid-type feet. The seat frame and back rest frame are each strengthened by a transverse reinforcement and, when the surface of the seat or ba...

A resilient support for the human body, for example a mattress, comprises a resilient supporting block, for example of foamed polyurethane, and a fire resistant cover closely enclosing the block. At least part of the cover, which in use of the support, is intended to lie between the resilient block and a human body, is of stretch material and is able to conform to the adjacent surface of the resil...

Apparatus for sealing deformable sheet material blanks comprises ultrasonic energy means having a sonotrode mounted for relative movement toward and away from an anvil surface carrying projections thereon. The anvil projections enable maximizing sonic energy from the sonotrode to form rapid and efficient seals in carton blanks. The carton blanks preferably carry a varnish having thermoplastic solv...

PURPOSE:To joint a plurality of wires at the same time, by plating conductors on the outside and inside layers after a boundary section between the outside and inside layer coils of insulating film around conductors protruded residually on an end face is eliminated. CONSTITUTION:The upper end section of the conductor section 3a of the wire 3 on the end face of coils 1, 2 of outside and inside laye...

DE DIVULGATION _____________________ Dispositif de skis à voile Dispositif caractérisé en ce que les skis (4) présentent une section longitudinale incurvée du centre vers les extrémités, qui sont munies chacune d'une spatule (5) et en ce que la partie centrale de chaque ski (4) est pourvue d'un élément vertical rigide de fixation (6) sur lequel sont montés des plots élastiques (7) solidaires de la...

Device for coupling two wind-surfing boards to obtain a land or sea machine. It is composed of a coupling frame (1) which is fastened to the wind-surfing boards (9) by at least two fastening points (7, 8). The fastening points are arranged at the mounting location (5) of each mast and at each centreboard well (6). The coupling frame (1) is composed of two tubes which serve as cross-members (2-3) s...

A wire clamping clip for mounting on a stucco wall is constructed as a block member having a workpiece engaging surface and an exposed top surface. A recess is formed in the workpiece engaging surface for receiving a wire. A throughbore is formed in the block adjacent to the recess and a plastic bushing having a cross sectional dimension of the same shape and slightly smaller than the cross sectio...

Polyphenylene oxides are prepared by the catalytic reaction of oxygen with a monohydroxy aromatic compound such as 2,6-xylenol in a solvent for reactants and product, in a two-stage process. The first stage is effected continuously in at least one and preferably not more than two back-mixed (e.g., tank) reactors, and the second stage in one or more batch reactors or, preferably, in a reaction syst...

A seal of the type having a housing with internal resilient fingers for receiving a shouldered stud in locking engagement. The housing is generally cylindrical with a closed end and an open end. In one embodiment of the invention a separate member carrying the resilient fingers is secured into the open end of the housing. In another embodiment of the invention a cylindrical metallic member having ...

PURPOSE:To produce stable bonding conditions while forming an optimal wire loop and to improve the yield, by programming a bonding operation such that at least one of clamper operation for supplying a wire, damper operation, electric torch operation and supersonic operation is performed in different timing from other cycles. CONSTITUTION:A bonding cycle is determined for each wiring position and s...

Delivery systems and devices for the controlled release of chemicals, including drugs, comprise a wall, formed in part at least, of a porous material, including a porous fabric material, pores of which contain a hydrogel, said porous wall being in contact with at least a portion of a reservoir comprised of a chemical and, if desired, a water-soluble liquid excipient and/or a detergent. Emphasis is...

A hydraulic elevator for ascending and descending operation of a car by feeding or discharging a hydraulic fluid through a flow rate control device between a hydraulic pump connected to a reversible motor and a hydraulic cylinder. The elevator includes a one-way clutch connected between the motor and the hydraulic pump so as to transmit the normal driving force of the motor to the hydraulic pump i...

Apparatus and a method for constructing a sewage drain field without a rock media. The drain field includes a plurality of lengthwise connected drain pipes suspended above the trench bottom within a channel formed by a plurality of elongated mesh-like channel forming members and in overlying relation to which assembly a porous, conforming length of sheet goods is mounted. As necessary, mesh-like e...

A process for producing VLSI (very large scale integrated) circuits employs techniques of self-aligned gates and contacts for FET devices and for both diffused conducting lines in the substrate and polysilicon conducting lines situated on isolating field oxide formed on the substrate. Mask alignment tolerances are increased and rendered non-critical. The use of materials in successive layers havin...