PCT No. PCT/DE87/00542 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 24, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 24, 1989 PCT Filed Oct. 21, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/06246 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 1988.A linear unit for manipulation devices and comprising a housing part having a passage therethrough for receiving a spindle sleeve and a cylindrical bore longitudinally intersecting the passage and for receiving the two bearing elements that s...

A front mower includes a cutter unit having ground contact wheels and liftably attached to the front of a vehicle by a link assembly and a hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly for lifting or lowering the cutter unit. The link assembly includes a pair of first links each having a rear end pivoted to the vehicle and a pair of second links each having a front end pivoted to the deck of the mower, the f...

A transmission including two input members (198,202) for independently driving an output member (194) in a single direction. The direction of the output is reversible. One of the inputs may be connected to a handle (192) and another to a motor (190) in the handle (192).

A leak detection and location method and apparatus for detection of perforations in a obscure geomembrane liner is set forth. In a typical application, upper and lower liners are positioned contiguous to one another and a conducting liquid is placed between them. In the event a tear or perforation is formed in the lower liner, a current flow path is established from a power supply and conductors c...

PCT No. PCT/FR87/00472 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 21, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 21, 1988 PCT Filed Nov. 26, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO88/03916 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 1988.A building element based on plaster which is manufactured by dry mixing sand and plaster, by dampening the mixture, by placing the damp mixture in a mold, and by compressing the mixture in the mold while the plaster hydrates in order to densif...

Delivery vehicles comprising an outer biocompatible encapsulating layer, an inner amphiphilic active ingredient-associated layer and an active ingredient are described. The delivery vehicles are biocompatible and are capable of solubilizing the active ingredient for in vivo delivery to bodily tissue or other bodily systems. Uses include nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and therapeutic drug deliv...

Delivery vehicles comprising an outer biocompatible encapsulating layer, an inner amphiphilic active ingredient-associated layer and an active ingredient are described. The delivery vehicles are biocompatible and are capable of solubilizing the active ingredient for in vivo delivery to bodily tissue or other bodily systems. Uses include nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and therapeutic drug deliv...

An ink jet recording device in which an ink carrier film is formed to have a plurality of pores or recesses, the pores or recesses are filled with ink, the film filled at their pores or recesses with the ink is quickly heated by such a heat supply source as a thermal head according to picture image information to generate bubbles within the ink in the heated pores or recesses and to eject the ink ...

The invention relates to an X-ray diagnostic system with an image intensifier-type television chain (3, 4, 9, 10) and a patient rest (7) which is supported rotatably in a plane extending perpendicularly to the central beam (8). When the patient rest (7) is rotated, the television camera (4) is rotated relative to the output screen of the X-ray image intensifier (3) in such a manner that the positi...

An X-ray apparatus is disclosed comprising an angularly adjustable parallelogram formed by two members parallel to a central axis and two members transverse the central axis. A radiation source and a radiation receptor are positioned at one end of the respective parallel members. The apparatus is characterized in that the two transverse members are disposed on opposite sides of the central axis, a...

Delivery vehicles comprising an outer biocompatible encapsulating layer, an inner amphiphilic active ingredient-associated layer and an active ingredient are described. The delivery vehicles are biocompatible and are capable of solubilizing the active ingredient for in vivo delivery to bodily tissue or other bodily systems. Uses include nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and therapeutic drug deliv...

A valve is provided for dispensing metered doses from an aerosol container (2) which contains a liquid. The valve comprises a metal cup (12) open at the upper end thereof and also having an opening (15) at its lower end, the cup (12) defining a cavity. First and second valve seals (16, 17) are located at opposite ends of the cup. A metal valve stem (21) passes in sliding and sealing contact throug...

A push button (2) is slidably and rotatably mounted in a sleeve (1). The push button is fitted to the valve-operating rod (28) of an aerosol valve (25) fitted in the opening of an aerosol can (26) by means of a dish (22). The inside edge of the dish is crimped to the valve and its outside edge is crimped to the edges of the can. The sleeve has an internal collar (3) which is snap fitted over the n...

A dual field of view sensor, particularly adapted for use as a forward-looking infrared night vision detector, includes a single detector (24) for receiving a light signal and developing an output electrical signal therefrom. A rotating polygon scanner (16) having a plurality of reflective facet (14) thereon receives light (12, 34) from two separate optical systems (10, 32) and directs the light o...

An electromagnetic unit fuel injector for use in a multi-cylinder diesel engine has an externally actuated pump for intensifying the pressure of fuel delivered to a pressure actuated injection valve controlling flow discharge out through a spray outlet and which is normally biased to a closed position by a spring. Pressurized fuel from the pump is also supplied via a throttling orifice to a modula...

A vector processor comprises a main storage for storing scalar instruction chains and vector instruction chains for executing desired operations, and a scalar processing unit and a vector processing unit for separately fetching the scalar instruction chains and the vector instruction chains, decoding them and executing them so that the scalar processing and the vector processing are carried out in...