Unflavored psyllium husk-containing drink mix compositions are prepared consisting essentially of small particle size psyllium husk comprising less than about 10% of psyllium husk having particle sizes larger than about 60 mesh screen, less than about 2.0% edible acid, and sugar. Such compositions are unflavored so as to permit mixing small particle size psyllium, which is readily suspended in a l...

A plasma torch and the method of cooling the torch wherein specified heated surfaces and in particular the heated tip portion of an electrode within the torch have a low volume of liquid coolant directed thereagainst. The volume of the liquid coolant is controlled so that the liquid coolant evaporates into vapor as it contacts the specified heated surfaces.

The set (5) is enclosed in a flexible plastic bag (17), which permits sterilisation of set within bag. The bag has opening (22) closed by a strip (23) or semipermeable material, impassable for bacteria but passable to sterilising fluid. The opening is arranged in wall (19) of bag and extends over complete length of wall.The set, after the bag has been closed with the strip, is sterilised by immers...

Parasol de plein air, destiné notamment à être utilisé dans un jardin, comprenant un mât (3) et une flèche (4) supportant une armature (9) qui maintient une toile (10) déployable.
Selon l'invention, il comprend:
- des moyens (11) pour autoriser le déplacement de l'armature (9) le long de la flèche (4);
- des moyens (17) pour déployer et/ou replier la toile (10) du parasol;

The protection is provided for a card insertion slot (2) that is formed in a wall (1). The slot is closed by a round bar (6) laid across the slot. The round bar is held in place between (5) two walls so that it can rise to allow entry of the card. When the card is withdrawn the bar falls under its own weight to fill the slot, resting on the top of the lower wall (1). The lower edge of the slot is ...

The present invention relates to optical memories for storing data on the surface of an information-supporting medium including pre-formatted patterns. Such a memory may constitute a random access mass memory, and it may be read/write memory or it may be a write-once memory. The operations of writing to the memory and reading from the memory are based on the optical interaction which occurs at the...

Tracers for organic fluids introduced into drilling wells, consisting of additives to these fluids which do not perturb the characteristics of the latter and exhibit neither toxicity nor radioactivity, characterised in that these additives are taken from the class of alkali and alkaline-earth metal, iron, copper, nickel, zinc, manganese and zirconium octoates and versatates and of polysiloxanes wi...

Metallised and biaxially drawn film for the manufacture of capacitors, characterised in that it is made with the aid of a polypropylene exhibiting a creep compliance lower than 1x10<-4> Pa<-1> (1x10<-5> cm<2>/dyne).

THERMOPLASTIC POLYIMIDE, POLYAMIDE ACID, AND THERMALLY FUSIBLE LAMINATED FILM FOR COVERING CONDUCTIVE WIRES The invention provides novel thermoplastic polyimide featuring solid adhesive property under low temperature, low hygroscopic coefficient, and solid resistivity to radioactive rays. At the same time, the invention also provides novel polyamide acid which is substantially precursor of the the...

A computer system, including at least one host (processor and operating system), a channel subsystem and at least one switch (together with an associated switch controller) for switchably connecting an I/O device (together with an associated I/O device control unit) to a host via said channel subsystem, in combination with means for dynamically managing I/O connectivity in said computer from each ...

A deactivatable tag is useable with an electronic article surveillance system and comprises planar conductive material cut into a pair of inverse, first and second spiral conductors 25, 30 positioned for capacitive and inductive coupling, about a dielectric layer 28T to form a resonant circuit. Connector portions 27, 32 of the conductors are welded e.g. by a laser beam to weld portions which are f...

PCT No. PCT/FR88/00650 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 25, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 25, 1989 PCT Filed Dec. 30, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO89/06471 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1989.The synchronization method, consists in transmitting, in addition to the data: inter-block separators, for separating the data corresponding to separate blocks, each inter-block separator comprising: a fixed radical, a first binary word repre...

Water, partic. intended for watering irrigation and washing, is subjected sequentially to the action of a magnetic field and to carbonation. Pref. the water is first passed through a magnetisation device where a slightly elevated magnetic field changes its polarity, then into a mixer where it is charged with CO2 under pressure (partic. 0.1-4 g/l). USE/ADVANTAGE - The treated water is useful in agr...

The cement mortar composition for producing articles, such as, in particular, dies for shaping plates, comprises in the quantities defined by the following weight percentages: cement 20-50% expanding agent 1-10% dispersing agent 0.5 to 2% de-aerating agent 0.5-1.5% sand 30-70% calcareous filler 1-10% From these compositions it is possible to produce articles, particularly dies for ...

The invention relates to an interconnection device (6) between an integrated circuit (1) and an electrical circuit (4), such as a printed circuit. This device (6) comprises, depending upon the desired interconnection, an insulating strip or a plurality of stacked insulating strips. Each one of the strips is traversed by a predetermined number of paths which conduct electricity without offset and b...

La présente invention concerne un collagène modifié, soluble dans l'eau et/ou dans les solvants organiques polaires aprotiques et comprenant des fonctions thiols libres ou substituées, portées par des résidus de cystéine ou de ses dérivés, lesdits résidus étant, au moins pour partie, des résidus greffés directement sur la chaîne collagénique, caractérisé en ce qu'il possède un taux de fonctions...

Apparatus and method for continuous and non-invasive measurement of blood pressure. A displacement sensor 1 measures the pulse. An apparatus 14 records these measurements, and introduces into the casing 2, through a pump 13, a variable back-pressure equal to the average pressure. The pulse curve thus reliably corresponds to the blood pressure curve.

La présente invention concerne un nouveau procédé de formation d'un film de vermiculite utilisant un support détachable flexible pour film. Un mode de réalisation du procédé comprend les étapes d'utilisation d'une dispersion non floculée de plaquettes de vermiculite destratifiée 10; l'utilisation d'un support détachable flexible pour film 12 comportant une surface opérationnelle permettant de m...

Ceramic compound is made by mixing together finely divided lava rock, hydraulic binder and aqueous solution of sodium silicate. The mixture is left to dry before being fired at a little above 1000 deg C. The ceramic material consists of in wt percent 43.7-53.7 SiO2; 18.1-21 Al2O3; 7.2-9.2 (Fe2O3+FeO), 1.5-3.2 MgO; 7.3-11.5 CaO; 4.6-5.5 Na2O; 2.5-3 K2O, 1.1-2.2 TiO2. ADVANTAGE - Has excellent mould...

Blandinger for impregnering avmineralske byggematerialer inneholder(A) salt av organisk eller uorganisksyre og organopolysiloksan somoppviser SiC-bundne radikaler med basisk nitrogen i en mengde av minst 0,5 vekt% basisk nitrogen,basert på vekten av organopoly-siloksanet,eventuelt(B) organosilisiumforbindelse med bas-isk nitrogen i en mengde av 0-0,5vekt%, basert på vekten av organo-silisiumforbin...