The reel (3) is rotatably mounted on a support and detached from the water supply pipe used to connect the fire hose (2) to a water supply.

Provided herein is a method for the quantitative detection of nucleic acids based on the use of a calibrator, suitable primers and probes, and a nucleic acid polymerase with 5'-3' nuclease activity.

An underwear system comprises a reusable under-pant part (1) and an exchangeable absorber lining (7). The pants consist of a 3-layer laminate (3), which contains a membrane film (5) as an intermediate layer between two textile structures.

This invention discloses a copper-containing catalyst, a process for the preparation thereof and uses of said catalyst. Said catalyst comprises copper oxide of 30-70wt%, zinc oxide of 30-70wt%, alumina of 0-30wt% and no sodium, and has a specific surface area of 30-50m<2>/g, a pore volume of 0.10-0.25ml/g, and an average pore diameter of 10-25nm and has an uniform crystallite distribution wherein ...

An apparatus and method are disclosed for filtering or separating particles. A fluid chamber (222) includes a wall extending between an inlet (228) and outlet (232) to form a fluid chamber interior. The interior converges from a position of maximum cross-sectional area (233) toward the inlet. A groove (290) or a step (294) are formed on an inner surface of the fluid chamber wall to improve particl...

Um das Reinigen abgearbeiteter, zu Vorspinnmaschinen 1, 2 zurückzuführender, aber noch mit Vorgarnresten 25 behafteter Vorgarnhülsen 24 von diesen Vorgarnresten zu beschleunigen, ist es bereits bekannt, nicht oder nicht in einer dafür vorgesehenen Zeitspanne vollständig von ihren Vorgarnresten zu befreiende Hülsen durch vorgarnrestfrei Hülsen zu ersetzen, die in einem Leerhülsenmagazin 44 vorgehal...

Durch die Erfindung wird eine Steuerung (15) für ein Elektrogerät (11) mit wenigstens einer in dem Gerät (11) enthaltenen elektrischen Funktionseinrichtung (13) geschaffen, wobei die Steuerung (15) wenigstens eine Leistungsschalteinrichtung (17) enthält. Erfindungsgemäß weist die Steuerung (15) eine von dem Elektrogerät (11) separate Steuereinheit (21) auf, welche drahtlos signalübertragend mit de...

In a data conversion apparatus (101) of a copyright protecting system, a data format judging portion (103) judges whether or not the data is of a super distribution format, attribute information obtaining unit (105) identifies the audio contents of the data and obtains the attribute information corresponding to the identified audio contents from the external equipment via said data transmission/re...

Systems and methods resuspend cellular-rich concentrates of blood by rocking the separation chamber to create variable agitation forces within the separation chamber. The systems and methods also add resuspension fluids to aid the resuspension.

The utility model relates to a water level controller of a solar water heater, which is provided with an impulse type electromagnetic valve, a water level control circuit, a battery, a switch and a control box, which are arranged into a whole. The control box is connected to a water supply pipe in a bathroom, one end of a signal line is connected with a water level control circuit, and the other e...

The utility model relates to a high-energy lead-acid battery, which is characterized in that a shell is a plate-shaped structure; a positive electrode ear, a negative electrode ear and an L-shaped safety valve are all arranged on both side walls of the shell; air ducts are arranged on an upper and a lower plate surfaces of the shell; a positive and a negative plates for composing a pole group and ...

The utility model discloses a sealed lead-acid accumulator for an electric vehicle. The utility model comprises an outer shell, an upper cover, a middle cover, a single-lattice battery jar, a positive plate, a negative plate, a series welding gap bridge between monomer batteries, a positive terminal and a negative terminal, wherein the middle cover is provided with a small hole corresponding to th...

A control system/method for controlling the shifting of automated mechanical transmission systems (10) is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the control system/method (FIG. 4) defines the window ((OS*GRT) + K >/= ISE >/= (OS*GRT)) for synchronous engagement (for shifts other than compound upshifts) such that jaw clutch (112/114, 116/118) engagement will occur or tend to occur when the input shaf...

A rechargeable sealed granular lead-acid battery without maintenance is made up through coating lead pastes of positive and negative electrodes onto lead net (or lead or lead-tin plated copper net), putting in non-woven cloth (or glass fibre paper), rolling, die pressing to form positive and negative electrode core groups, baking, loading in ABS or PP plastic slots, filling mixed particles of zeol...

PCT No. PCT/EP92/02448 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 25, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 25, 1994 PCT Filed Oct. 26, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/09615 PCT Pub. Date May 13, 1993The present invention provides for an analog and/or digital radio broadcast transmission system and radio receiver therefor, which includes a control signal having an item of control information concerning another, different type of transmissio...

A workstation has a feed device (1) for sample tube racks (7), comprising a balance (17) in which the weight of individual sample tubes (6) is determined by a procedure in which the sample tube holder (7) is weighed in each case before and after removal of each sample tube (6) and the difference between the weights is determined. Removal is effected in each case by means of a gripper (23) of a tra...

A workstation has a transfer device comprising a gripper which is suitable for gripping sample tubes by means of a gripper clamp and for moving them from a sample tube rack to a sample tube bucket, for example for centrifuging. Said transfer device comprises a receiving device (23) which can be gripped on a cylindrical upper handling part (25) by the gripper and removed from a holder (24) in which...

The invention relates to a composite containing a network of parallel strong fibres, having a strength of at least 6 dN/tex, a modulus of at least 130 dN/tex and an energy absorbed during fracture of at least 8 J/g in a thermoplastic polyurethane matrix, char acterised in that the matrix contains a polyurethane that is amorphous at room temperature. The invention also relates to a prepreg containi...

The present invention relates to a polyester-platelet particle composite comprising at least one polyester having dispersed therein a platelet particle dispersion comprising chalcogen or platelet particles and at least one water dissipatible polymer.

A support having a reinforced base extending between inner and outer cylindrical surfaces at least one of which has hollows is manufactured in a closed mold. The annular mold has radially separated parts forming the outer cylindrical surface, a core for forming the inner surface and shell(s) with fingers for forming the hollows. A preformed reinforced ring is placed on a selected core in the mold....