A torque rod for a heavy duty motor vehicle includes a shaft and two ends, each end being selectively attachable to points on the vehicle's chassis. The rod is composed of a polymerizable composite material. The shaft is either of solid, hollow, or layered composition. As an option, the shaft includes two adjustably interlocking halves enclosed and overlapped by a slidable sleeve. The sleeve is pr...

Apparatus for laying out or taking in a temporary farm fence line comprises a frame having a reel 4 for the strands of said line and a ground wheel 2 arranged to rotate the reel, by direct contact with the wound strands, to at least reel in the line. The wheel may be latched in a pivoted-down position so that the reel may rotate freely. The frame carries fencing standards 11, a strand guide 12, a ...

A method of reinforcing a support element (1,101) such as a wooden pole carrying overhead power lines, in which a resin impregnated fabric (3,103) is provided around the support element in the region to be reinforced and cured. In one embodiment, the fabric comprises a glass-fibre cloth (3) which is wrapped around the support element and a resin impervious sheath (5) is positioned surrounding the...

A parallel register-transfer mechanism has been disclosed above for use in the evaluation of expressions of a variable-free applicative language stored as binary directed graphs. The expression is reduced through a series of transformations until a result is obtained. A register file is provided with several crossbar networks interconnecting the various registers in the file for simultaneous trans...

A rigid magnetic storage media coating composition using a high concentration of magnetic particles includes a dual thermoset binder system. The two polymers forming the dual binder system cure during mutually exclusive temperature ranges to form polymer networks that are interpenetrated and entangled. The thermoset polyurethane-melamine/polyester polymer binder system possesses improved propertie...

Polymer materials having viscosities ranging from about 50,000 up to above 1,000,000 centipoises are mixed with a gaseous foaming agent to provide a polymer/gas solution under pressure such that when the polymer/gas solution is subsequently dispensed at atmospheric pressure the gas is released from the solution and becomes entrapped in the polymeric material to form a homogeneous polymer foam. Mix...

Um bei einem Verfahren zum Verlegen und Abdichten von Bitumen-Abdichtungsbahnen auf Dächern oder dergleichen, bei dem man das Bitumen der Abdichtungsbahn erwärmt und die Abdichtungsbahn an die Unterlage andrückt und dabei anklebt oder verschweißt die Sicherheit der Verklebung zu erhöhen und die Verklebung zu vereinfachen, wird vorgeschlagen, daß man in das Bitumen der Abdichtungsbahn durch Mikrowe...

A process for preparing mono-olefins by catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of eg ethane, propane or butanes is provided. The process employs a catalyst which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the normal fuel rich limit of flammability. Preferred catalysts are platinum group metals supported on a monolith eg platinum.

Procédé d'élimination du mercure dans les charges d'hydrocarbures caractérisé en ce que l'on fait passer, sous hydrogène, ladite charge au contact d'un catalyseur renfermant au moins un métal du groupe formé par le nickel, le cobalt, le fer et le palladium suivi de - ou mélangé à - une masse de captation renfermant du soufre ou un sulfure de métal.; Process for elimination of mercury in hydrocarbo...

A multifocal birefringent lens system is described together with applications of the lens system such as ophthalmic lenses (including those of the intraocular, contact and spectacle type) and optical instruments and devices including photographic cameras, telescopes, microscopes, copiers, spectrographic instruments, etc.

PURPOSE:To enable a stem to be ideally positioned within a femur by boring a through hole along the center axis of the wrist section of the stem, letting a setting be composed of a core section and of a plug section, letting the core section be thick enough so that it can be inserted into the through hole, and thereby letting the plug section have both a hole to hold the core section and a gas fre...

In an imaging device, photocurrent generated by photovoltaic detector elements (1), e.g. cadmium mercury telluride photodiodes, is integrated in resettable capacitors (2), and an output signal (S) is derived by reading the potential of the capacitor (2) at the end of its integration period, e.g. using a source-follower MOST (3). In accordance with the invention, blooming-protection means (11,48,12...

An apparatus having two slide supports, adjustable with respect to one another, which have attachment surfaces for attaching two holding devices. The balance of the holding devices attached to the attachment surfaces of the slide supports are compensated by having the slide supports each divided into a slide support base plate and an attachment plate with the attachment surface. The attachment pla...

A motor control apparatus for a sewing machine includes an adjustable speed setter for generating a speed set signal. A first memory stores a plurality of reference values each defining a reference region into which the speed set signal can fall. A second memory stores speed setpoint values corresponding to the reference regions. A central processing unit selects one of the reference regions by co...

Light-sensitive compounds are described which have the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 denote H or alkyl, R3 and R4 denote H or 4,6-bis-trichloromethyl-s-triazin-2-yl, R5 and R6 denote H or halogen, alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy, and Ar denotes a mononuclear to trinuclear aromatic group. These compounds are suitable as photoinitiators for free-radical polymerization or as photolytic acid donors...

A device forming a heat insulating wall structure for a fluid-tight tank and comprising an interposed joint packing including on each one of its sides at least one lateral joint consisting of a flexible and expansible heat insulating material accommodated within a corresponding recess of the packing body and connected to the latter, which joint after said packing has been mounted between two adjac...

The catheter for measuring the pressure in the bladder and urinary system of humans consists of a catheter tube (3) which has at its insertion end a pressure sensor (7, 307). Moreover, a number of additional pressure sensors (10, 110a-110e) are either arranged in the central area of the catheter tube (3) in the longitudinal direction of the tube, or else there is situated on the catheter tube a di...

A locking system is described for detachably securing two workpieces together (e.g., two housing sections). Elongated arms (12, 14) are carried by one workpiece (40) and a corresponding opening(s) is present in the other workpiece (50). The outer end of each elongated arm is resiliently deflectable so that it is deflected when being inserted into the opening in the one workpiece; then the arm spri...

PCT No. PCT/FR83/00023 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 1, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 1, 1983 PCT Filed Feb. 3, 1983 PCT Pub. No. WO83/03051 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 1983.A fabrication method for a disposable article and a disposable article for absorbing liquids. This method consists in cutting an impermeable foil (35) so as to form two strips (35a) and (35b) in the median zone of said foil along a tracing of a ...

An integral disposable absorbent article such as a diaper having a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, at least one elastically contractible gasketing cuff, and at least one barrier cuff. The barrier cuff has a proximal edge and a distal edge. The absorbent article is additionally provided with spacing means fo...