The present invention relates to an aqueous preservative/acidifier for grass and other agricultural crops, fish and fish products and meat products, having reduced corrosiveness and irritation to the skin, comprising at least 50 weight % formic acid and formate salts, ammonium tetraformate and 2-6 weight % potassium or 2-10 weight % sodium in the form of suitable K- or Na-compounds that will incre...

A braking force control system for a motor vehicle furnished with a starting clutch (116), controlling braking force in accordance with driving force. When the driver has released a brake pedal (10) from the ON state thereof, the braking force is held until the driving force afforded to the motor vehicle through the starting clutch (116) has been changed-over from a smaller value to a greater valu...

PCT No. PCT/CN94/00011 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 11, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 11, 1995 PCT Filed Feb. 16, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/19302 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 1994High purity and ultrapure bisphenol A is prepared in a novel process.

The resonator comprises a plate-shaped piezoelectric substrate 9 on one side of which is a ground electrode 10. The other side of the substrate carries a pair of input electrodes 1,2 and a pair of output electrodes 3,4 such that the resonator may be used in a balanced electrical circuit. The bandwidth of the resonator is set by the separation of the input and output electrodes. This form of constr...

A traverse mechanism is disclosed in the context of apparatus for transferring flexible filamentary (FM) material from one rotating winding mandrel (44,46) to another, automatically or semi-automatically in a high speed, dual head, on-line winding apparatus (HSDHWA). The traverse mechanism (50) uses a rotating crank (41) and connecting rod (48) mounted to slide within a slider cart to obtain the r...

In a double technology alarm system a first sensor is always active and, beside signalling the intrusions itself, also acts as an activator for a second sensor using a different technology.

The welding of laminates and lacquered metals is described for the purpose of producing tubular can bodies for three piece cans. The method describes how a coating-free margin is produced on can blanks in order to be able to produce satisfactory welds. A pulsed laser having a short pulse duration of less than 10 mu s and a peak power output of at least 0.1 megawatt is used to clean margins from ca...

A device and method for applying a liquid to at least one advancing yarn which is guided over a surface of a driven godet in contact therewith. A liquid is supplied through a plurality of capillaries to the surface. To this end, the pore-sized openings of the capillaries are evenly distributed on the godet surface being wetted.

Recognizing curve geometry, judgement accuracy on over speed is improved with minimal increase of calculation load, even when a road to an objective curve is not a straight line. The standard deceleration calculator 35 calculates a standard deceleration from road surface friction coefficient and road slope. The permissible access speed calculator 39 calculates a permissible access speed from permi...

A method of producing a foamy slag in which the projected flame produced by burning fuel, for instance methane, within an oxidant is directed onto the slag so that the flame impinges on the slag, thereby to heat the foamy slag. Carbon containing particles are entrained in the flame so that the particles are heated by the flame and are projected into the slag to form and maintain a foamy slag. The ...

The utility model relates to a shell of a water storage tank of a solar water heater, which comprises a middle segment and two end covers, wherein, the contact parts of the end covers and the middle segment are provided with annular convex ribs. The outside diameter of the lower ends of the end covers are smaller than the inside diameter of the middle segment, and the lower ends of the end covers ...

The invention relates to a starting battery of optimized starting dynamics, arranged in a plastic container, with outline dimensions specified by relevant standards provided with the required negative and positive plate stacks, plate straps, plate terminals and poles, with a connected electric and electronic control unit. The essence of the invention lies in that the plastic battery container (1) ...

A probe such as an endoscope equipped with a biopsy needle is guided to a target in or adjacent to the respiratory system. The position of the probe is monitored and a representation of the probe is superposed on a previously acquired image of the respiratory system and adjacent tissues. Artifacts caused by motion due to respiration are suppressed by monitoring the respiratory state of the patient...

A lighting unit (1) comprising display means (20) for displaying graphic material (11), lighting means (13) for frontal illumination of the graphic material (11), mounting means (19) for supporting the display means (20) and suspending means (4) for suspending the lighting system (1) above the ground, the display means (20), the lighting means (13), the mounting means (19) and the suspending means...

Dual glass fibers can be processed into coherent webs and felts by first blending the dual glass fibers with an equal or greater amount of uncrimped fibers. Optionally, other crimped fibers can be added without significant impact on processibility.

A system is disclosed for synchronizing the activation of an imaging device, such as an X-ray machine, with patient respiration. The imaging device includes a conventional trigger signal input for activating the imaging device in response to a preset signal. The system includes a respirator device, such as a ventilator or respiration band, which provides an output signal indicative of the degree o...

A method of manufacturing an absorbent article in the form of a pants diaper or a sanitary panty starts from a flat blank which includes an elongated absorbent body (5) enclosed between two casing sheets (2, 9) which at opposing front and rear end parts of the absorbent body have side parts which extend laterally beyond the body on opposite sides thereof. The method includes the step of folding th...

The invention provides a process for the production and utilization of water-soluble salts selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts of carboxylic acids and water-soluble salts of amino acids, comprising reacting an aqueous feed solution containing an amino or carboxylic acid or their anions with a water-soluble base, in indirect contact via a semi-permeable membrane, the membrane ...

There is described a diagnostic system comprising a desk-top, flat-bed optical colour scanner (101) which scans a substrate, such as a urine stick (107), which has been dipped in a container of analyte (105). The substrate (107) carries an image result generated by a chemical diagnostic assay and the scanner (101) generates a digitised record of the image. A personal computer (103) coupled to the ...