An exercise device (100) having a footrest (102) including a plurality of angled surfaces (146,148,150) for placement of the user's feet and a pair of rotatable arms (104) extending from the sides of the footrest. A handle (118) is positioned over the arms and is resistively connected to the exercise device by an elastic cord (120) releasably attached to the handles and extending through the arms ...

A magnetic actuator for adhering a moving piece (36) to a pole piece (38) separated therefrom by an air gap when an electrical circuit (34) is excited, at least one intermediate piece (42) being movably arranged in said air gap between the moving piece and the pole piece, and defining, in the absence of excitation (inoperative state), gaps (e1, e2) between the intermediate piece(s) and the moving ...

The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for separating off and purifying solvents from fluid mixtures, characterised in that an evaporator is continuously operated simply or in circulation in direct connection to a pervaporation membrane apparatus at differing partial pressures.

The present invention relates to a heterogeneous silica/carbon black-filled rubber compound and a process for making the same. The process comprises (a) intimately dispersing substantially all of the silica filler in a first rubber to form a silicafilled compound; (b) separately intimately dispersing the majority of carbon black in a second rubber, which is different from said first rubber, to for...

beta -methylene aldehydes of formula (I) are new. R1, R2 = H, or opt. substd. cyclic or non-cyclic hydrocarbons or heterocycles; R3, R4 = as R1, R2 but are not both H. The prepn of retinoids and carotenoids (III) by reaction of (I) with a cpd R5CH2R6 (II) having activatable H, in the presence of an H-activating agent, is also claimed. R5, R6 = H, lower alkyl, or an electro-attracting group, at lea...

The magnetic matrix is made up of an iron oxide and iron powder ink mixture in a flexible organic substance. The matrix is printed onto the packaging which is to be protected. After ink application and drying, the molecules are oriented by the passage of an electric field, so that the matrix can be detected at a cash desk or at the shop exit.

Le dispositif d'irradiation, comportant au moins un irradiateur dans un boîtier, est relié par une articulation tournante (3) avec un élément de fixation (4), l'axe de rotation de l'articulation tournante (3) se situe à l'extérieur de l'axe médian du dispositif d'irradiation et le point d'intersection de ces deux axes se situe dans la zone du centre de la surface de repos (1) ou à proximité de ...

The invention relates to radar and can be used in radar posts using the phase method of measuring the angular co-ordinates of moving objects for guidance systems which use calculations of target positional data. The proposed system comprises the following elements: a multichannel receiving antenna-feed system and frequency converter; back-up and measurement channel receivers; a calibration signal ...

A washing machine includes an electric motor driving an agitator mounted in a tub, a motor load sensor 18 for detecting a load applied to the motor to thereby generate a motor load detection signal, and means 16 determining a volume of laundry loaded into the tub, based on the motor load detection signal from the motor load sensor 18. The means 16 may store determined laundry volume data. A power ...

PCT No. PCT/FR96/00164 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 5, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 31, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/23745 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 1996Composition for a coating protecting the surfaces of carbon-containing products exposed to a hot, oxidizing environment such as the parts of anodes not immersed in the molten salt bath and the liners of the aluminum electrolysis cells and more ge...

Thermoforming of composite parts (10) where the vacuum is drawn through a porous material (4) at the time of forming sheets or films of thermoplastics on a vacuum forming mould (2) is new. Also claimed are parts made using the technique.;

La présente invention concerne un nouveau procédé de thermoformage d'une mince feuille thermoplastique sur un moule de thermoformage poreux perdu pour permet...

A method produces a ray-shaped bicycle frame (10) including front and rear sections (1, 2). The front has a central main tube and several radiating arms. The rear (2) has a fork comprising left and right stays (21, 22). Fibrous, plastic-impregnated sheets are layered on a mandrel, forming unhardened rear stays, which are then removed, heated and hardened in a mould (31, 32). Further similar sheets...

Procédé de réinitialisation d'une installation de verrouillage centralisé d'un véhicule automobile équipée d'un dispositif de commande à distance. Un appareil de diagnostic est branché sur l'élément stationnaire du dispositif et l'élément stationnaire est initialisé et commuté sur un mode " initialisation ". Ensuite, on introduit la clé et on actionne ledit commutateur à clé, dont l'actionnemen...

Procédé de réinitialisation d'une installation de verrouillage centralisé d'un véhicule automobile équipée d'un dispositif de commande à distance comprenant au moins un élément mobile avec un émetteur, un transpondeur ainsi qu'une clé, et un élément stationnaire monté fixe dans le véhicule automobile, avec un récepteur, un émetteur-récepteur d'interrogation de transpondeur ainsi qu'un commutate...

The prosthesis consists of a cup (1) with an external hemispherical surface, through which at least one hole (3,4) is formed for the passage of bone screws forming the primary anchorage in the cotyloidal cavity. At least one of the holes is formed with an elongate arcuate shape allowing it to receive one or more than one screw. The convexity of the arcuate hole approximately follows the direction ...

The key has a mechanically coded part (12) that is inserted in the lock (30). The head of the key (13) is formed into a housing for the electronic coding circuit (19). The key carries an electrical contact that cooperates with a corresponding contact in the lock to supply the electronic circuit when the key is fully inserted in the lock. The contact is at the tip of the inner end of the key. An in...

This invention relates to chemically modified oligonucleotide conjugates that contain a complexing agent or complex that is bound by a connecting component to the oligonucleotides. In this case, the oligonucleotides are modified in a way that prevents or at least significantly inhibits the degradation by naturally occurring nucleases. The oligonucleotide radical can bond specifically and with high...

A process for the production of a 5-substituted derivative of a 2,3 min -anhydro-2 min -deoxyuridine preferably corresponding to the following general formula: wherein R<1> represents H, alkyl, aryl, halogeno or CF3; characterised in that it comprises heating a 5-substituted derivative of a 2 min -deoxyuridine preferably corresponding to the following general formula: wherein R<1>...

Compounds of formula (I), wherein OR1, OR2 and OR3 are hydroxyl radicals protected so as to form easily cleavable radicals, are useful for preparing antibiotic products.;

L'invention a pour objet les composés de formule (I):
(CF DESSIN DANS BOPI)
dans lesquels OR1 , OR2 et OR3 représentent des radicaux hydroxyles bloqués sous forme de radicaux facilement clivables.
Les composés de...

A thermally insulated double-walled synthetic resin container having a thermal insulator layer filled with a low thermal conductivity gas, wherein the inner container and the outer container are formed from a chemical resistant resin, a hole portion is provided at the enter of the bottom wall of the outer container, this hole portion is sealed by a sealing panel formed from chemical resistant resi...