Beschrieben ist eine Anlage, in der an die Fahnen (12, 14) von zu Paketen (10) zusammengestellten positiven und negativen Batterieplatten nach dem Vorbehandeln der Fahnen (12, 14) der Batterieplatten in einer Station (100) zum Bürsten der Fahnen und in einer Station (110) zum Behandeln der Fahnen mit Flussmittel in einer Angussstation (120) die positiven Fahnen (12) einerseits und die negativen Fa...

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for targeted delivery of biologically-active factors, such as cytokines, growth factors, chemotherapeutic agents, nucleic acids, and therapeutic agents. The compositions of the present invention can be used to treat diseases and pathologies in organisms. Additionally the invention relates to methods and compositions for the enhancement of a...

A rear end(2) of the punch(1) is inserted into the tire vulcanizing mold and the front end(4), which forms a hole in a tire tread profile block, comprises a shaft(8) and a head(9). The outer cross-section of the front end may be non-round in at least some areas. Both the head(9) at the front end and the supporting shaft(8) may have a non-round cross-section. Shaft or head cross-sections may be tr...

An in-line web-centering apparatus for centering a web of material in an aseptic internal area of a form-fill-seal packaging machine. The web-centering apparatus has a support member, a tracking assembly, and an alignment mechanism, each contained within the internal aseptic area of the packaging machine. The support member is internally fixed to the form-fill-seal packaging machine. The tracking ...

A yarn paraffin application ring has a cylindrical form with a paraffin mantle (12) around a central spindle hole (14). The paraffin ring (10) has an end-face (16) around the socket hole which incorporates two, three or four blind holes (20, 22, 24). Each blind hole is of different depth to the others e.g. 6, 8 or 10 mm.

Gray water is discharged to a filter drum with a vertical axis of rotation located with a concentric vessel. The gray water is centrifugally expelled from the drum into the gap between the drum and the vessel. The filter (5) has an inlet (30) for the incoming gray water and an outlet (2) for filtered water. The filter is back-rinsed from time to time through an outlet (20).

On a building drum (14) a cylindrical carcass sleeve (3) is made which comprises at least one carcass ply (4) having end flaps (4a) turned up at respective annular reinforcing structures (5). An outer sleeve (19) comprising a tread bend (9) externally applied to a belting structure (8) is buildingd on an auxiliary drum (18). The carcass sleeve (3) is transferred onto the intermediate drum (18) on ...

An automated parallel bobbin (S) winding assembly has a thread moving feed guide (5) and a bobbin turntable magazine that step-advances empty bobbins to the winding station. Empty bobbins bear a residual length of yarn that is attached by knotting to the next yarn feed presented by the feed guide.

This invention describes a water heating element which can be used for both boilers and electrical appliances in general. A printed electrical resistor (4, 4.1) is applied to a piece of piping (3) used to dispense hot water, using a printing technique such as, for example, screen printing. The whole created by the said two elements constitutes the essential part of a heating element (1, 1.1) which...

The invention relates to a method for linking two adjacent plastic work pieces (2, 3). The inventive method is characterized in that the intended contact zone (K) of at least one of the two work pieces (2) with which the latter adjoins to the other work piece (3) is at least partially subjected to a high-energy radiation to such an extent that the glass transition temperature is reduced in a margi...

The present invention relates to a photosensitive flexographic printing element for the production of flexographic newspaper printing plates, comprising at least a flexible, metallic support, an adhesive layer applied thereto, a photopolymerizable layer which can be developed in organic media and which itself comprises at least one elastomeric binder, ethylenically unsaturated monomers, a photoini...

A wear part made in a foundry is provided having a structure reinforced with at least one type of metallic carbide, and/or of metallic nitride, and/or of boride, and/or of metallic oxides, and/or of intermetallic compounds, hereafter called components. The raw materials acting as reagents for the components are put into a mold before casting in the form of inserts or preformed shapes of compacted ...

The invention relates to a tool for the automatic creation of coils in twine or similar around an item that is to be bound and the subsequent knotting of said twine. The knotting pliers (1) are suitable for binding vines in viniculture and hop-growing. Other applications include binding and bundling elongated objects, tying up or sealing packages and securing labels. The tool comprises a guide tun...

A filling wire having SAF DUAL ZN is used as filler rod (12). The metal sheets (3) are placed one above the other and pressed by a tightener (6). A metal inert/active gas welding process is formed by metal transfer process with the welding rod, which is used in inert gas welding process. The laser process is stopped, in which the focus (47) of the laser (13) lies at the surface (41) of metal sheet...

Funnel umbrella (1) comprises at least one central column (2), an umbrella frame (4), an umbrella membrane (3) defined by a radially inner edge (17) fixed to the central support and a radially outer edge (18) connected to the ends of the frame, and several tension elements (22). The two ends of each tension element are fixed to the membrane at fixing points (23, 24) arranged a radial distance apar...

Es wird eine Vorrichtung zur Halterung (1) von Gegenständen mit einem Erdspieß (3), und mit einer auf dem Erdspieß (3) verschiebbar gelagerten Schlageinrichtung (4) zum Einrammen des Erdspießes (3) in den Boden vorgeschlagen. Um vorteilhafte Konstruktionsverhältnisse zu schaffen, wird vorgeschlagen, daß der Erdspieß (3) eine die Einschlagtiefe (T) begrenzende Anschlagplatte (5) aufweist und daß di...

An apparatus for automatically detecting the presence of a reagent strip (14) having a body fluid sample disposed thereon and for inspecting the reagent strip (14) after the presence of the reagent strip (14) is detected is provided with a detection system adapted to automatically detect the presence of a reagent strip (14) at a reagent strip receiving area (12), a light source (64 or 68) adapted ...

The invention relates to a cell immobilising carrier, which can be used in a novel continuous fermentation process. More particularly, this fermentation process is used in the continuous production of beer. The immobilising carrier comprises a porous medium of fibers. The medium has a porosity of at least 70 %.

An umbrella supported by a mast located alongside the umbrella canopy. The umbrella canopy includes a radial arm connected to an element slidably mounted along the mast. A brace pivotably attaches to the arm and extends to the top of the mast. A flexible line extends from a winder within the mast, over a fixed pulley located at the top of a mast, a second pulley mounted on the sliding element, and...

The system has a transmission line (LTG) connected at one end via a first connection to an AC voltage source (Q) and at the other via a second connection to a load (VL). The AC voltages produced by the source and transferred by the transmission line can be used for power supply purposes or for the transmission of data. The load can be switched between two load states by a logic module (LOG) depend...