A continuous marine pipe laying system utilizes two rollers to overbend and straighten pipe as it is unwound from a reel. A support arm is pivotally connected to the axis of rotation of said reel and first and second roller arms are pivotally connected to the support arm at a point spaced from said axis of rotation. During use, the first roller is positioned at a point adjacent the pipe substantia...

A matrix addressed, bistable liquid crystal optical display is disclosed. The display includes a liquid crystal twist cell which has at least two states which are stable in the presence of a single given holding voltage. A form of 3:1 matrix addressing is used in the display which enhances operational characteristics.

A system for controlling clutch torque in a vehicle, which has a transmission and an electromagnetic clutch provided between an engine and the transmission, clutch current being increased with increase of engine speed. The system comprises an engine speed sensor for sensing the speed of the engine and for producing an engine speed signal in proportion to the engine speed, and an acceleration detec...

A combination which in sequence utilizes a singulator, an orientor, a decapitator, and a separator. The singulator is a vibratory scoop-like device which causes shrimps delivered to the processor to begin to move single file towards the exit of the singulator. Thereafter the shrimp move into the orientor which has a V-shape with a slot at the lower edges with the slot progressively widening down t...

A heel piece for a safety ski binding is provided comprising a support member in the form of a slide member on which is pivotally mounted a sole holder having a pedal, a sole engaging portion and an interior cam surface configured to cooperate with a bearing member or cam follower which engages the cam surface. The cam follower is supported by a bearing lever having an axis of rotation near the up...

A process is provided by which aluminum particles are treated by inorganic reagents in essentially organic media to avoid inefficiencies of aqueous treatments. Particles may be treated separately, or they may be treated in situ during comminution. Inorganic reagent is induced to enter the organic phase through the employment of water, a coupling agent, or both.

An oriented polyester film comprising ethylene terephthalate as the major repeating units, which comprises 0.01 to 1.0% by weight of silica particles and/or titanium dioxide particles having each an average particle size of 0.01 to 0.5 mu and 0.005 to 1.0% by weight of calcium carbonate having an average particle size of 0.01 to 0.5 mu , which provides an oriented polyester film for the base film...

Method for performing the automatic contactless inspection of objects manufactured at a high speed by an automatically controlled machine, in particular high-temperature glass objects, the objects moving in front of an optical measuring device, consisting in illuminating the moving objects with a non-coherent white light, sensing the transmitted light by means of an optical sensor (5) provided wit...

The disclosed process forms metal parts from a mixture containing a powdered metal, a plasticizer, and at least two binders. Some of these binder materials are selectively extractable from the mixture without sintering. After the mixture is shaped into the form of the desired part and prior to sintering, the plasticizer and the extractable binders are removed. This produces a part having both suff...

A ski binding adapted to releasably hold the front of a ski boot on a ski. The front of the boot includes front-end zone spaced from the lateral edges of the boot. The binding includes a jaw, a support, and a support zone means on the jaw. The jaw is adapted to hold the front of the boot and adapted to laterally pivot in response to pivoting of the boot. The support, which is positioned on the ski...

Safety binding for skis for fastening a boot to a ski, having a first holding element or front jaw, which is pivotably mounted on the ski, is provided with a sole holder for holding the front end of the boot and is movable at least laterally against the action of an elastic system, having a second holding element or an automatic heel device which is for holding the rear end of the boot and can be ...

The invention relates to an adapter for a drop unit with a chamber (13), application hose, clip and probe a.o. for enteral nutrition and intended substantially for disposal packages. The invention is characterized in that it comprises a main member (3) intended to sealingly be attached in the opening of the package (1). The main member is provided with a first through hole (6) for emptying the con...

The invention relates to a method and to an installation for fitting nuts to a sheet-metal workpiece, by punching the nuts thereinto. In order to provide a rational and flexible nut punching system which can be readily adapted to serve mutually different workpieces, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the workpiece is securely positioned in a fixture; that a portable nut punching ...

A hot applicable, heat expandable, thermosetting sealing composition particularly adapted for use in the automotive industry is disclosed. Such a sealant comprises a styrene-butadiene rubber mixed with conventional thermoplastic resin blowing agents, vulcanizing agent, oils and thickening agents wherein the addition of an activator selected from the family of sulfonamide materials results in a sea...

The thread-tension meter has a housing (1) which is divided into a reading head (2) and a remaining housing part (3). The reading head (2) can be pivoted 90 DEG relative to the remaining housing part (3), as required, so that it is possible to read off the thread tension easily in any position of the thread.

La présente invention concerne un procédé de traitement d'une huile lourde ou d'une fraction d'huile lourde, contenant des asphaltènes, pour les convertir en fractions plus légères. Ce procédé est caractérisé par les étapes suivantes: a) on fait passer la charge, mélangée à de l'hydrogène, sous des conditions d'hydrodémétallation, sur un catalyseur renfermant de l'alumine et au moins un métal de l...

L'invention concerne un procédé de traitement d'une charge constituée d'une huile lourde ou d'une fraction d'huile lourde, contenant des asphaltènes, pour les convertir en fractions plus légères. Ce procédé est caractérisé en ce que: a) on soumet la charge, mélangée à de l'hydrogène, à des conditions d'hydroviscoréduction à une pression de 40-200 bar, une température de 420 à 500.degree.C en prése...