A topographical support member (2) and method of forming a topographical support member (2) for use in producing nonwoven fabrics, especially tricot-like nonwoven fabrics. The topographical support member (2) includes a body (1) having a top surface (3) comprising a pattern of a plurality of peaks (5) and valleys (6) and a plurality of apertures (7). The apertures (7) have a conical top portion (7...

According to the method, a tube (2) is produced by spirally winding up strips of cardboard and the inner face of the tube (2) is coated with an impermeable product, then the helical furrow which results from the space remaining between the turns of the first wound-up strip is filled with impermeable product so as to obtain an inner surface which is perfectly uniform and a wall which is entirely pr...

The invention relates to an apparatus-supporting system which can easily be moved, particularly in terms of translation. This system is of the type comprising at least one arm (1 or 3) articulated by one end to a support structure (2) and at its other end bearing a load (6) which is at least representative of the said apparatus and means for stabilising the latter in each position after movement f...

A topographical support member (2) and method of forming a topographical support member (2) for use in producing nonwoven fabrics, especially tricot-like nonwoven fabrics. The topographical support member (2) includes a body (1) having a top surface (3) comprising a pattern of a plurality of peaks (5) and valleys (6) and a plurality of apertures (7). The apertures (7) have a conical top portion (7...

The present invention relates to a method and to a device for separating blood present in a blood container (1) into components (34, 36, 35) by centrifuging the blood, and for transmitting at least one of three stratified components (34, 35) obtained by centrifugation in sterile fashion to a respective side container (2, 3) connected to the blood container (1) via a respective hose (4, 5). The flu...

The invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for patterning or polishing surfaces of glass workpieces, in particular made of lead crystal, in which (method or apparatus) the energy of at least one laser or similar energy source acting in a spot-like manner is applied to at least one part of the workpiece surface in a spot-like and successive manner in order to partially melt the glass at ...

An installation system for wiring of a building has at least one junction boxes connected together, with each junction box having a removable plug-in block disposed at the back thereof. The plug-in block has conductors therein with sockets for providing access to the conductors, so that essentially all of the necessary electrical connections needed for wiring the building can, by means of the sock...

An abrasive multi-disc cutter is formed by uniformly coating a cylindrical holder with a mixture of diamond powder and resin. The holder is rotated about its longitudinal axis while one or more beams of laser energy are used to ablate the resin for forming a plurality of annular depressions in the coating, the depressions being equally spaced along the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical holder. ...

By using circular and disc-shaped, non-coupling roving bobbin carriers 18, which carry only one bobbin 20, on a supply track 14, which extends along a ring spinnning machine 2, and on transverse tracks 16, branching away therefrom, the roving change process on the ring spinning machine 2 is quicker and simpler to carry out.

A polyurethane foam containing a particulate organic polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 0 DEG C. and a process for preparing such foam is described. A preferred type of particulate organic polymer is a styrene/butadiene polymer. The presence of such particles within a flexible polyurethane foam significantly enhances both the comfort aspect and SAG factor performance of th...

A polyurethane foam containing a particulate organic polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 0 DEG C. and a process for preparing such foam is described. A preferred type of particulate organic polymer is a styrene/butadiene polymer. The presence of such particles within a flexible polyurethane foam significantly enhances both the comfort aspect and SAG factor performance of th...

A polyurethane foam containing a particulate organic polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 0 DEG C. and a process for preparing such foam is described. A preferred type of particulate organic polymer is a styrene/butadiene polymer. The presence of such particles within a flexible polyurethane foam significantly enhances both the comfort aspect and SAG factor performance of th...

The lever has an arm (30) which is articulated around a transversal axle (39). The arm is in two parts, with a base (31) and a mobile end part (32) which is articulated around a transversal axle (33). This is pushed down, with the ski stick, to open the clamp. A spring (40) pushes the end part upwards, while stops (38) limit the downwards rotation of the end part on the base. The space between the...

This invention is a solution or dispersion of a liquid crystalline polymer characterized by having a polymer backbone to which are attached a plurality of pendant liquid crystalline moieties in an active hydrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogen-containing moieties. In another aspect, this invention is a polyurethane and/or polyurea polymer prepared by reacting a polyisocyan...

A method of making a tire having a precisely located applique and said tire. The applique preferably is applied to a green tire case on a tire building drum and placed in curing mold and cured without disfiguring the applique or obtain substantial rejects or blemishes. This method uses an applique formed of a non-staining film, preferably of an acetate or polyester film, printed with a rubberized ...

An image processing apparatus for displaying an accumulated image of very faint light emitted from an object superimposed on an image of the object's configuration. Configuration image data representing an external form of an object is stored in advance in a configuration image memory (20). A two-dimensional image of faint light emitted from the object (10) is detected by a high-sensitivity image ...

The invention provides a process for production of silver-containing precursor alloys to oxide superconductors, said alloys having reduced amounts of intermetallics. Powders containing metallic elemental components of an oxide superconductor are high energy milled for a predetermined amount of time to increase homogeneity of the mixed metallic elemental components of the oxide superconductor. Silv...

A light protecting device (50) for the light-sensitive content of an infusion bottle (64) comprises a light-opaque protective film (54) which can be subsequently applied, as and when required, onto the infusion bottle (64) and which is designed such that suspension devices (70) for the infusion bottle (64) can be passed through the protective film (54) in the bottom region of the infusion bottle (...

PCT No. PCT/EP92/01380 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 11, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 11, 1993 PCT Filed Jun. 17, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/22362 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 1992.A heel unit (10) of a safety ski binding comprises a unidirectional blocking arrangement (60') with at least one blocking member (62') arranged between a sole holder (16) and a spring biased return cam (26). The unidirectional blocking arrang...

A continuous process is provided for the preparation at ambient temperatures of a polymer-based foam sheet in which the foam is produced from a reaction product capable of curing at ambient temperatures formed by the reaction of a reactant composition comprising a prepolymer, such as an isocyanate-capped polyether, and water. The process includes providing a continous substrate (5); depositing sai...