A process to add carbon dioxide under low shear conditions to an already formed food to produce a semi-solid or solid carbonated food. The carbonated semi-solid or solid spoonable food has the following properties: (a) a viscosity of between about 2000 and 200,000 centipoise at between about 1.5 DEG and 25 DEG C., and (b) a carbonation level of between about 0.5 and 4.0 volumes of carbon dioxide...

A tread provided with a plurality of cutouts of essentially transverse orientation and characterized in that when new, some of the transverse cutouts form on the running surface hollowed zones of average width Lt greater than or equal to 2 mm and of maximum depth Pt at most equal to 80% of the thickness Pb of tread to become worn, the other transverse cutouts forming on the same running surface in...

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for receiving and assessing an application made by an applicant. In one aspect, the apparatus includes: computing means (23) configured or programmed to present a plurality of application forms (8) to the applicant (5), to receive the forms (8) once completed from the applicant (5) and to assess the application; input means (3,4) for the appli...

PURPOSE:To produce a water-repellent glass useful as the material for the windows of buildings and automobiles, capable of being inexpensively and efficiently obtained by an easy film forming means and excellent in water repellency, adhesion, durability, weatherability, etc., over a long period. CONSTITUTION:The water-repellent layer consists of at least SiO2 and fluororesin, the fluororesin conte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To complete shifting operation without any feeling of wrongness even if a driver performs accelerating operation during shifting operation. SOLUTION: This automatic transmission includes a plurality of gear trains provided between an input shaft and an output shaft, and the gear train which performs power transmission among the plurality of gear trains is switched by a shifti...

PURPOSE:To prevent delay of control owing to slip of friction plate inserted between a motor for automatic operation and lever for manual operation by simultaneously attaining improvement of response vehicle car speed control and prevention of hatching. CONSTITUTION:Number of revolutions of engine detected by sensor detecting number of revolutions is read (in step S1), and deviation E from adequat...

PURPOSE:To provide an electrode plate where a lifetime characteristic of a lead-acid battery can be enhanced by bringing predetermined lead oxide into contact with a surface of a current collector so as to form lead oxide of a required crystal system, and filling active material paste including mainly specific oxide in the current collector. CONSTITUTION:High lead oxide PbOx (wherein 1.13<=x<=2.0)...

In a method for bonding plastic objects together by means of a hot-melt type of adhesive, in addition to or during the heating and addition of a plasticizer-resistant hot-melt adhesive, at least one of the objects to be bonded, is heated up in the area to be bonded beyond the melting temperature of the material of which it is made. The method is particularly advantageous for the joining together o...

A navigation system for navigating an autonomous vehicle along a path that is confined by walls that are within range of on-board sensors is described. The system determines the relative location and orientation of the walls with respect to the vehicle. The system controls the steering angle and the ground speed of the vehicle by employing: (a) range data to establish free space in front of vehicl...

A luggage case ( 10 ) has a molded, relatively hard or rigid back portion affixed to the relatively soft fabric constructed front portion ( 12 ). A connector form ( 25 ) constructed of an extruded, flexible shape extends around the peripheral rim ( 19 ) of the back portion, and has a first free end ( 30 ) which is attached by sewing to a gusset ( 21 ) that extends around the front portion ( 11 ). ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a refreshing beverage preservable for a long period of time at a normal temperature, having a flavor and a taste of essential sea tangle and an excellent feeling in drinking, comprising a sea tangle as a raw material. SOLUTION: A sea tangle is immersed in water, a soluble solid content is extracted, the sea tangle is taken out from the water after the extraction and...

A method and system for graphic state processing in which a graphic state object separate from a graphic contains state information. The state object can be accessed during times other than drawing. The object is comprised of sub-states which represent particular graphic processing states. A graphic need only send the graphic hierarchy, and the graphic state object automatically takes care of the ...

A high-frequency snare for an endoscope has an electrically conductive control wire axially movably inserted in an electrically insulating sheath. A wire loop formed from an electrically conductive elastic wire is connected at the rear end thereof to the control wire. A distal end tip is attached to a bent portion at the distal end of the wire loop. The distal end tip has a pair of parallel throug...

A level shifter K1 receives a part of a precharge generation signal Sp, raises its level to a predetermined value, and transfers it to an NMOS transistor NT1. A capacitor Cp receives a part of the output of the level shifter K1, supplies it to a first electrode of a complementary amplifier composed of a PMOS transistor PT1 and an NMOS transistor NT2, and pumps an operation power source to a predet...

PURPOSE: To obtain an excellent quality image in the electrophotographic image forming method of using an electrophotographic liquid developer having water as a dispersion medium, for simultaneously attaining an exposure and development without a corona discharge. CONSTITUTION: A counter electrode 3 is provided in a position facing the photoconductor layer 2 of a photoreceptor 8 having the photoco...

A communication terminal sends an access request to a WWW server connected to a network to a relay server in the network. The relay server sends this access request to the WWW server and receives display data from the WWW server and sends an advertisement ID specifying an advertisement satisfying a predefined condition to the communication terminal together with the display data. The communication...

The invention relates to the acceleration of the separation of liquid phases which contain polymers by using branched instead of linear solvents.

A method of monitoring subsurface formations containing at least one fluid reservoir and traversed by at least one well, by means of at least one sensor responsive to a parameter related to fluids, comprising the steps of: lowering the sensor into the well to a depth level corresponding to the reservoir; fixedly positioning said sensor at said depth while isolating the section of the well where ...

A steerable rotary drilling system has a bottom hole assembly which includes, in addition to the drill bit, a modulated bias unit (10) and a control unit (9), the bias unit comprising a number of hydraulic actuators (13) around the periphery of the unit, each having a movable thrust member which is hydraulically displaceable outwardly for engagement with the formation of the borehole being drilled...

Network communication is provided between an offerer of a product and a potentially interested party with regard to the product, by the offerer placing an announcement regarding the product in an announcement channel, for instance a newspaper, and he then incorporates a unique perceivable element, for example a graphic icon, in the approach, which may be an advertisement. The perceivable element i...