A transformer comprising a wound coil former (1) with first and second coil flanges (5) located at opposite ends of the coil former. At least one strip (13) comprising connection eyelets arranged on the first coil flange and connected to winding wire ends (9) emerging from the winding (7). Guide pins (21) are arranged on an edge portion (19) of the second flange which, viewed throughout the surfac...

A printed board, on which a wiring pattern and a through hole to be inspected are provided, is scanned pixel by pixel and is read optically. The data obtained by scanning is converted into an electric signal to obtain image data. On the basis of the image data thus obtained, a pattern image representing the wiring pattern an a hole image representing the through hole are obtained. A center and a r...

To assess the state of blood vessels within the human or animal body, a vessel segment 1 is identified for investigation, and at least one blood pressure responsive device 2, 3 is used to obtain pulse volume recordings Wp, Wd of different sites, representing pressure at sites proximal and distal to the vessel segment. From the waveform signals obtained, Fourier transform spectra FTp, FTd are deter...

Before transmission of motion image data, the period of a frame of the motion image data is counted using a clock signal used for the transmission to produce a frame count. The motion image data is then transmitted along with the frame count so that it can correctly be timed in frames at receiver.

A system for controlling drainage of the female bladder comprising a valved catheter, a stylet for placing the catheter in the female urethra, and a spike for opening the valve in the catheter to allow voiding of the contents of the bladder which also includes sensing and transmission means incorporated therein. The valve which may be integral with the shaft or located in a cap on the shaft may be...

Fermented milk having a value of b standing for the slope of more than 0.17 when, in the range giving the minimum decreasing rate of viscosity within the range of from r = 10<-><1> to r = 10<2>S<-><1> in the shear rate dependence test of static modulus, the decreasing rate is substituted into the formula y = ax<-b>. A process for producing said fermented milk which comprises blending a yogurt mix ...

Contact of acid or alkaline cleaned aluminum surfaces, particularly cans, with a water based composition containing a combination of (i) alkoxylated phosphate esters, (ii) ions of aluminum, zirconium, iron, tin, and/or cerium, (iii) a metal etching component, and (iv) a combination of alkoxylated alcohol and alkoxylated alkyl phenol emulsifiers, gives the surface after drying lowered surface frict...

The invention relates to two new Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriocins having the amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:2, the signal peptides for these two bacteriocins, the nucleotide sequences encoding these bacteriocins especially an operon encoding the said bacteriocins having the sequence SEQ ID NO:3, the strains producing at least one of these bacteriocins, especially the strain ...

Es wird ein Verfahren zur Erfassung von Erdfehlern auf den Leitern einer elektrischen Maschine angegeben, bei welchem Verfahren die Leiter der Maschine mittels einer Injektionsspannung (Ui) gegen Erde verspannt werden. Eine optimale Ausnützung des Injektionswandlers (5) wird dadurch erreicht, dass das Injektionssignal (Ui) in der Sendeperiode (S) ein Rechtecksignal umfasst, welches zwischen einem ...

A deactivatable electronic theft detection marker (40) is made from a strip or ribbon of high magnetic permeability strip or ribbon (40a) and then high magnetic coercivity material (40b) is deposited on the strip or ribbon by electroplating.

A device for simultaneously transmitting a plurality of television signals comprises an adjusting circuit (5) for adjusting the bitrate for each television signal in dependence upon the complexity of this signal with respect to the joint complexity of the plurality of television signals. The device provides improvement of quality in Digital Video Broadcast systems. It has also been found to be pos...

The structure comprises a pair of guide members (7) which extend along respective sides of a sunroof aperture (9); a canvas top (23) adapted to cover the aperture (9); a carry member (29) having a terminal part of the canvas top (23) secured thereto, the carry member (29) being slidably guided by the guide members (7); a latching device (77,81,83) for latching the carry member (29) to one end of t...

The device of the present invention includes a flexible container having an administration port and a flexible tube extending therefrom. The administration port includes an access membrane through which a spiked cannula can be inserted to gain access to the interior of the flexible container. The flexible tube contains a frangible or breakaway valve therein. Permanently secured to the end of the f...

Process for eliminating and avoiding scale deposition in pipelines, plants or any other immersed location, characterised in that it consists in subjecting in a tubular chamber the liquid to be treated consecutively to at least two regions of electrical pulse fields or else to at least consecutively one magnetic field region, in order that the ions and colloids subjected to the said fields may beco...

The invention relates to a method for preserving foodstuffs, with which method foodstuffs are inoculated with an amount of lactic acid-forming bacteria and/or parts of bacteria and these bacteria and/or parts of bacteria act on said foodstuffs. Preferably, the action is allowed to proceed until the pH has fallen below 5. As a result of the use of this method an improved shelf life of the foodstuff...

The invention relates to an electrical apparatus for flush mounting, such as a switch, a key, or a socket, having a terminal support which has connecting terminals for external conductors and struts for flush mounting and is connected to a supporting ring, furthermore having a functional part for holding the components required for the intended use of the apparatus, and having a frame which is in...

A communications network including several ports 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46 and 48 where each port is connected to at least one data processing system element. The ports are interconnected by an information bus 52. Additionally, the ports are connected to a matrix switch 40 that has the capability of providing a direct communications channel between any two of the ports. Each port includes control...

In a serial link communication system, three switches 10, 12, 14 are provided and each switch is connected by bidirectional data links 59, 24, 28, 36 to a plurality of devices 16, 18, 20, 22, thus providing a serial communications link channel between any of the devices connected to that switch. The switches have interswitch connections 26, 32, 34 providing a serial link communications channel bet...

In this invention, a device and method for image correction for a camcorder are provided. The device has a filter to remove a noise component from digital image input data, a mask processing device to calculate the differences between a pixel value of the image data which is obtained from the filter and the respectively adjacent vertical and horizontal pixel values, formation of the absolute value...

A vehicle traction system has a tractor vehicle (1) linked to a trailer. The tractor vehicle has driving wheels (3, 4) driven by electric motors (7, 8) and mounted on at least one axle. The trailer (2) has driving wheels (5) driven by electric motors (9) on its right and left sides. The system is electronically controlled by a control unit (11). In addition, means are provided for detecting the st...