PURPOSE: To eliminate the variation of the operating characteristic of a solenoid caused by the winding temperature of the solenoid. CONSTITUTION: The solenoid driving circuit is provided with an idling control section 6 which impresses a weak voltage lower than a starting threshold upon the solenoid 3 from a switching circuit 2, an arithmetic section 7 which finds the resistance value of the sole...

Nitrogen-containing bases are added to the aldehyde starting material in a process for the production of alcohols by gas-phase hydrogenation of aldehydes in presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.

A battery (10) having positive and negative plates (11, 12) contained in a housing. The upper edges of the positive plates are connected to the lower edges by means of a member (25; 28) also contained in the housing. The member (25; 28) comprises a material having a greater conductivity than that of the material of the plates.

A polyol solution containing one or a combination of a benzoate glycol adduct, a substituted benzoate glycol adduct, a napthenate glycol adduct, a substituted naphthenate glycol adduct, a toluate glycol adduct, or a substituted toluate glycol adduct, and a closed cell, rigid polymer foam formed as a reaction product of the polyol solution, which foam comprises the reaction product of a polyisocyan...

Open-cell melamine resin foam (MF foam) in which the surface of the cellular structure is completely or partly coated with an ammonium salt. Independent claims are also included for: (a) a method for the production of this MF foam by coating, spraying or impregnating the foam with an aqueous solution of ammonium salt, optionally squeezing out excess liquid and drying the foam; (b) open-cell MF foa...

A connector is disclosed to facilitate the testing of a control line or lines adjacent a bottomhole assembly. A running tool is connected to a lower portion of the connector which is, in turn, connected to the bottomhole assembly. The running tool allows testing of the control line adjacent the bottomhole assembly and thereafter, the operation of components of the bottomhole assembly. The running ...

The invention relates to homogeneously colored polyester particles having a mean particle size <50 mum and a monomodal particle size distribution with a span (=d90-d10/d50)<=2.5, which can be melted at temperatures <200° C. to form a continuous coating, to a process for their preparation and to their use for powder coatings.In a preferred embodiment the particles comprise units of formulae (1) and...

PCT No. PCT/EP98/00747 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1999 PCT Filed Feb. 11, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98/36010 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 1998The invention relates to spherical transparent polyester particles having a mean particle size <50 mu m and a monomodal particle size distribution having a span (d90-d10/d50)<2.5 which can be melted to form a continuous coating at temperature...

The present invention provides a medical tape comprising a highly conformable and deformable nonwoven web coated with an adhesive. The non-adhesive side of the web may be heat bonded to many different polymeric film materials and is particularly useful with ostomy pouch films. The present invention also provides ostomy bags comprising an elastic, breathable nonwoven based medical tape.

A single use pithing rod is provided which has engaging elements (8) which allow the rod to be inserted into an animal's skull but not extracted therefrom. A sealing element (14) is provided to seal the animal's head against leakage of nervous tissue or blood.

The apparatus includes a method of transmitting data between a small electric appliance such as an electric hair cutting apparatus, an electric toothbrush or a household appliance, and a supplementary electric appliance connectible therewith such as a charging, cleaning or diagnostic device, as well as to appliances suitably configured for this purpose. The supplementary appliance supplies to the ...

PCT No. PCT/DE96/00197 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 2, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 2, 1996 PCT Filed Feb. 6, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/24391 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 1996The invention concerns a process for producing a gradient coating of calcium phosphat phases and metal oxide phases on metallic implants, in particular made of titanium or titanium alloys, for use as dental, jaw or joint implants. A solution cont...

3'-Des-dimethylamino-9-oxyimino macrolides of formula (I) endowed with anti-inflammatory activity and their pharmaceutical use are described.

Process for obtaining a "diesel cut" fuel having a CN cetane number equal to or greater than 48 and a content of aromatics lower than 0.4% by weight starting from olefins or their mixtures, characterized in that it comprises oligomerizing said olefins having from 2 to 10 carbon, distilling the stream obtained from the oligomerization, and hydrogenating the separated C₁₂-C₂₄ h...

PURPOSE: To save consumption power with economic cost and also reduce necessary transmission capacity among multimedia communication terminals. CONSTITUTION: In a delivery system transmitting/receiving media information via a server relaying multimedia communication data between a transmitting terminal 100 and a receiving terminal 5, video information is pre-stored into a sound/video synthesis ser...

A glue sleeve coupling for a pipeline comprises a glue sleeve (3) as well as a pipeline end (2) contained in the glue sleeve, in which glue sleeve and pipeline end together describe at least one ring-shaped chamber (4) which is circumscribed by at least two constricted parts pointing inwardly, positioned in axial direction at a distance from each other. The ring-shaped chamber is filled with a glu...

A device for welding the ends of a tubular container made from plastic, in particular tubes has a holding device which holds the container in a stationary fashion with its open end facing in an upward direction and including means for warming a ring shaped peripheral region of the container proximate the opening to facilitate subsequent welding along an elongated seam travelling transverse to the ...

An absorbent article, such as a diaper, pant diaper, incontinence guard, sanitary napkin, wound dressing and the like, comprising a layer of continuous fibers, so-called tow, which have been bonded together in points, lines or spots in a bonding pattern (10), but otherwise are substantially unbonded to each other, and which layer comprises at least two zones (5a-e), as seen in the cross-sectional ...

PURPOSE: To provide a throwaway wearing article hardly allowing a pad to deviate in a crotch of a wearer and preventing the leakage of the excretory substance from the crotch part of the wearer. CONSTITUTION: This throwaway wearing article 1A is provided with a pair of elastic leg circumference fastening bands 15 having the pad 11 positioned in its both-side edge parts 11c and extending in the leg...

PCT No. PCT/FR86/00033 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 3, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 3, 1986 PCT Filed Feb. 6, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO86/05089 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 1986.An absorbent structure for disposable articles, comprising between a permeable sheet (1) and an impermeable sheet (7), a pad comprising successively at least one fibre layer (2, 12, 22, 32), an internal reinforcement sheet permeable to liquids a...