A plastics profile strip (12,13) for a reclosable fastener for a bag has a male/female portion and a flange (30,31). At least part of the flange is treated by a corona discharge or flame to make it more resistant to welding itself to a co-operating profile strip.

UN METODO Y UN SISTEMA (10) PARA AL EXTRACCION DE UN SOLUTO DE UN FLUIDO O UN GAS DENSO PUEDE INCLUIR UN SUMINISTRO DE GAS DENSO (12) Y UN TUBO DE SUMINISTRO DE GAS (48) PARA DISTRIBUIR EL GAS DENSO A LA CAMARA DE IGUALACION DE PRESION (122) Y A UN MODULO PRESURIZABLE (16) QUE CONTIENE UN MONTON DE FIBRAS HUECAS POROSAS. EL SISTEMA (10) TAMBIEN PUEDE INCLUIR UN SUMINISTRO DE FLUIDOS (14) Y UN TUBO...

Dispositivo para realizar perforaciones en bandas que avanzan continuamente, que consta de una cuchilla perforadora accionable en rotación y de un cilindro ranurado, en cuyas ranuras circundantes penetran las partes de la cuchilla que perforan. Para evitar un desgarre indeseado de las perforaciones realizadas en la banda, está unido firmemente con un árbol para la cuchilla un soporte que está dota...

Das vorliegende Verfahren zur Herstellung von Alkoholen umfaßt die Hydrierung von Aldehyden in Gegenwart eines Hydrierkatalysators in der Gasphase. Hierbei werden dem zu hydrierenden Aldehyd stickstoffhaltige Basen zugesetzt, wodurch die Bildung von Nebenprodukten weitgehend zurückgedrängt und die Gewinnung der gewünschten Alkohole in hoher Selektivität und entsprechend hoher Ausbeute ermöglicht w...

An improved apparatus and method for measuring the concentration of hydrogen peroxide vapor or gas in a sterilization chamber. The hydrogen peroxide is measured spectrophotometrically in the ultraviolet region between 200 and 400 nm. Because water vapor does not absorb in the ultraviolet region, it does not interfere with the determination of the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide vapor. Altho...

Method for welding coated sheets with a laser beam in which an energy beam is directed on a welding zone of the sheets and is adapted to drive the coating steam vapor outward. The invention is particularly applicable in the field of vehicle manufacturing.

A drive control system for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle running while transmitting the output of an electric motor to a power transmission line for the run, by coupling the internal combustion engine to the power transmission line. The drive control system comprises: a start demand deciding unit (001) for deciding a demand for the start of the internal combustion engi...

The invention provides dual-skinned membrane useful as one way or rectifying membranes which reduce back filtration of solute molecules in dialysis and which improve nutrient supply and product recovery in membrane bioreactors. The membranes are dual-skinned polymeric materials preferably in the form of hollow fibers. The membranes have skins of polymer on the opposite sides with differing permeab...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet comprising opposing pole pieces which define between them an imaging volume, the pole pieces comprising pole plates which are fabricated from wound high permeability soft magnetic material.

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...

A disposable absorbent article comprising a backsheet, a topsheet, a fluid acquisition / distribution region and at least one fluid storage region, said article having a total product acquisition performance of more than 3.75 ml / sec in the first gush and more than 0.5 ml / sec in the fourth gush and an in bag stack height of less than 9.9 mm, characterised in that said topsheet allows to retain ...

A glass fiber separator material is disclosed. The separator is composed of a mass of intermeshed glass fibers substantially all of which have a fiber diameter not greater than about 20 mu m, and at least 5 percent w/w of which have a fiber diameter less than 1 mu m, and, distributed through the glass fibers, and from 0.2 percent w/w to 20 percent w/w of cellulose fibrils. The fibrils are from a...

The utility model relates to a combined multifunctional solar water heater, comprising a solar heat collector and a water tank connected to the solar heat collector. The utility model is characterized in that the water tank is provided with a heater, an electric heater, an automatic water supplying device, and a controller. The utility model integrates the functions of electrical heating, electric...

The utility model relates to a rectangular tube type valve-control lead-acid storage battery in the type of absorption of a cathode, which is composed of a cathode in the type of paste coating, a membrane of ultra-fine fibre glass, a rectangular anode in a tube type which is tightly attached to the membrane, an outer shell, a safe valve, a connection line, a end and electrolyte. The rectangular an...

The utility model relates to a cylinder-shaped valve-control type sealing lead storage battery; a battery tank can be composed of a shell body, an upper sealing cover and a lower sealing cover; a positive and a negative polar plates, a separator, dielectric are arranged in the battery; a safe valve is arranged; a sealing structure is adopted; no leakage generated when the utility model works on op...

The invention concerns a process and device for opening shellfish such as oysters whose shell is held by a muscle. According to the invention, the process consists of placing the shellfish (5) on a graphic (6) or mechanical (20) device to enable the shellfish (5) to be positioned correctly in relation to a drilling tool (3) to ensure that its shell is pierced at or near the muscle, carrying out th...

A method for producing a partitioned container of the present invention includes the steps of providing a preform having an interior surface; separately forming an inner wall for insertion into the preform; inserting the inner wall into the preform; preparing for molding and molding the preform and inner wall into the partitioned container; and activating a manner for securing the inner wall to th...

UN CUERPO DE CATETER ALARGADO (41) PARA SU IMPLANTACION EN EL CORAZON HUMANO, QUE CONSTA DE UN ELECTRODO DE ABLACION (40) ADAPTADO PARA CONECTARSE AL CORAZON, Y UN ENSAMBLAJE TRANSDUCTOR ULTRASONICO (42) EN UNA LOCALIZACION ADYACENTE A DICHO ELECTRODO DE ABLACION. DICHO ENSAMBLAJE TRANSDUCTOR ESTA ADAPTADO PARA PRODUCIR UN CAMPO ULTRASONICO ACUSTICO DIRECCIONAL CUANDO SE SUMINISTRA CON UNA SEÑAL E...

The invention is achieved by a polyurethane that is the reaction product of 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), poly(oxyethylene)glycol (PEG), and 1,4-butane diol (BDO). The equivalents of each reactant in the polyurethane is 4:1:3. Polyethylene glycol 1450 is preferred. The amount of hard segment (made up of chain extender and MDI) is about 46 weight percent. The polymer is unusually tough a...

An ablation catheter (10) is disclosed having proximal (14) and distal (16) ends and an outside surface (21), a lumen (18) contained within the catheter body (12), a plurality of openings (20) in the surface (21) of the catheter (10), wherein the openings (20) are in communication with the lumen (18), one or more electrodes (22) secured within the catheter (10) within the lumen (18) and a source f...