The incidence of peritonitis is reduced in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis by irradiating the peritoneum access tube connection with ultraviolet (UV) radiation so as to have an antimicrobial effect on the fluid flow path defined thereby prior to draining and infusion of dialysis fluid therethrough. The apparatus for effecting UV irradiation of the dialysis fluid flow path includes a hous...

Appts. for splicing yarns mechanically, operates to untwist yarn tails while the are mutually positioned spaced apart, and then bring the tails together for retwisting when trimmed to length. The appts. comprises opposed rings which are brought together and rotated in opposite directions to untwist the yarns and trim the tails to length. The yarns are then brought together and retwisted, at least ...

A sheet deliverer apparatus for a sheet processing machine, particularly a sheet printing machine with a high stapling or stacking sheet delivery capability, wherein sheet deliverer upper and lower chain guide ways extend in the same direction of curvature, and a clamping device is provided to clamp the sheet deliverer chains in tension to provide very even and silent running of the sheet delivere...

An apparatus for measurement of optical reflection density of a surface of an article, such as a color developed analytical tape for clinical test. The apparatus comprises a support for supporting the article, a source of pulsed light and two light detectors. An optical guide directs the pulsed light to the surface of the article in a direction at an angle other than 90 DEG to the surface of the ...

The apparatus concerns the manufacture of tires having at least one reinforcement formed from a single thread. It is of the type comprising two coaxial crowns 1 of levers 2 the ends of which bear means 3 for retaining the thread and comprising means 5 for presenting the thread 4 to said retaining means 3. The presentation means 5 comprise a presentation head 50 carried by a flexible belt 55 mounte...

Open-celled, elastic, flexible polyurethane foams are made without using a chlorofluorocarbon blowing agent. A polyisocyanate is reacted with a polyether in the presence of water and from about 0.1 to abour 10% by weight (based on polyether) of an organic blowing agent selected from dicarbonic acid alkyl esters, dicarbonic acid cycloalkyl esters, dicarbonic acid benzyl esters and combinations ther...

PURPOSE:To provide the subject film simultaneously highly satisfied with a running property and abrasion resistance and suitable for magnetic recording media, etc., by compounding double-layered polymer particles prepared by coating the surfaces of specific crosslinked polymer particles with a specified crosslinked polymer. CONSTITUTION:The objective film contains 0.01-4wt.% of double-layered poly...

PURPOSE:To modify plastic waste into an excellent liquid fuel, to clean the earth, to save energy resources and to effectively use fossil fuel by treating plastic wastes into liquefied carbonized product and making slightly combustible substances contained in the product into readily combustible substances. CONSTITUTION:Organic material wastes of all kinds are thrown from a feeder 2 to a dry disti...

PURPOSE:To accelerate the response speed of liquid crystal and to expand a visual field angle by setting the retardation of two sheets of liquid crystal panels at the same level or almost the same level and providing a matrix electrode at the liquid crystal panel on one side. CONSTITUTION:When the liquid crystal panel 10 on which liquid crystal molecules 75 are oriented vertically is laminated on ...

PURPOSE:To obtain the element having an excellent contrast by impressing suitable voltages as signals between 1st and 2nd electrodes and between 3rd and 4th electrodes so that 1st and 2nd liquid crystal layers function as transparent-opaque shutters. CONSTITUTION:The liquid crystal display element is constituted of transparent conductive films 20 provided on transparent substrates 10 which are rel...

PURPOSE:To eliminate the unequal display by the fluctuation in the spacings between gap materials by photoetching a glass film formed on an insulating substrate in such a manner that the film remains at specified intervals and using these films as the gap materials. CONSTITUTION:ITO electrodes 2 are formed on the surface of the glass substrate 1 and a polyimide film 3 is formed thereon. The glass ...

PURPOSE:To enable the semiconductor layer of a thin film transistor which drives an EL light emitting element to be formed with amorphous silicon by applying an EL driving power source to the EL light emitting element when a second switching element is turned off. CONSTITUTION:When the second switching element(FET) Q2 is turned off, a voltage applied to both ends of the EL light emitting element C...

METHOD FOR MAKING KNOTLESS BEAD BUNDLE, A BEAD BUNDLE MADE THEREBY, AND A TIRE INCORPORATING SAID BEAD BUNDLE A method for making a knotless bead bundle, a bead bundle made according to the method, and a tire made using the knotless bead bundle are provided. In the method a bead ring is made using a plurality of annular turns of wire as is conventional in the art, and the annular turns of wire are...

This invention relates to a process for preparing a rigid, closed-celled polyisocyanate-based foam in the presence of water and a blowing agent. The blowing agent comprises one or more organic compounds, particularly halocarbons, having a boiling point of from 222K to 272K at atmospheric pressure, and is substantially free of organic compounds having a boiling point of 273K or greater. Preferred h...

This invention relates to rigid closed-celled polyisocyanate-based foams exhibiting improved dimensional stability and a process for their preparation. In particular, it relates to resulting foams containing within their cells, a gas mixture comprising from 15 to 70 mole percent carbon dioxide and from 30 to 85 mole percent of a halocarbon mixture. The halocarbon mixture itself, comprises (a) from...

The arm-chair comprises a backrest (1) and a seat (2) articulated (at 5) with each other and (at 13) onto the base (6) of this arm-chair whose armrests (14) are themselves articulated (at 15) onto the backrest and connected to the base by means of racks (16, 18). In the device of the invention, the geometric axis of articulation (5) of the backrest (1) on the seat (2) is disposed in front of the g...

An improved process for removing dissolved metals from waste water using a recycle high density sludge is described. Specifically, the process comprises the steps of: (1) treating waste water containing dissolved metals with a recycle stream containing alkaline surface active recycle particles to precipitate the dissolved metals on the surface of the recycle particles; (2) treating a portion of th...

A method for the manufacture of copper base alloys having improved resistance to thermally induced softening is provided. The alloy composition is selected so that the alloy undergoes either a peritectic or eutectic transformation during cooling. The solidification rate is controlled so that the second phase forms as a uniform dispersion of a relatively small dispersoid. The dispersoid inhibits re...

In order to render harmless the aerosol laden smoke stream which results from the operation of medical lasers in or on mammalian bodies, the stream is moved in a closed circuit maintained at negative pressure. The circuit includes a container of sterilizing fluid to retain and destroy the larger aerosol particles and downstream of that container a chamber having an oxygen enriched atmosphere which...

A process for preparing aqueous emulsions from high-molecular-weight organopolysiloxanes which are solid at room temperature, in the absence of organic solvents, which comprises dissolving the high-molecular-weight organopolysiloxane which is solid at room temperature in a low-molecular-weight organo(poly)siloxane which is liquid at room temperature, and emulsifying this solution with water in the...