The invention relates to a device (10) for positioning components (42) in an endoscopic system, with a hermetically sealed housing (12). An exterior ring element runs around the exterior of the housing (12), said ring element being arranged so that it can rotate. This exterior ring element supports at least one magnet (18) peripherally. An interior ring element is also arranged in the sealed housi...

A hydraulic fluid is supplied from a tank to a plurality of actuators by a variable displacement pump which produces an output pressure that is a constant amount greater than a pressure at a control input. A mechanism senses the greatest pressure among the workports to provide a first load-dependent pressure and a second load-dependent pressure which is greater than the first load-dependent pressu...

An ink jet print head identification system for providing print head identifying information to the electronics of an ink jet printer includes one or more parallel load, serial out, dynamic shift registers (50 A-D) integrated into a print head chip having a plurality of address lines interconnecting the printer electronics and print head electronics. Each shift register is programmed or encoded wi...

A catalyst for purifying exhaust gas, comprising a mixture of a first powder comprising at least platinum supported on a first carrier with a second powder comprising at least rhodium supported on a second carrier and a NOx occluding material supported at least on the first carrier, wherein the second carrier is zirconia stabilized with either an alkaline earth metal or a rare earth element or bot...

PCT No. PCT/GB94/01975 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 7, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 7, 1996 PCT Filed Sep. 12, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/07542 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 16, 1995A magnetic actuator (10) suitable for the operation of electric circuit breakers which uses a laminated yoke structure (12) to increase permanent magnet flux holding forces. The actuator comprises a magnetic yoke (12) which forms both low and hi...

A biaxially oriented high-molecular polyethylene film which has a fibril structure, is excellent in gas-permeability, surface smoothness, tensile modulus and tensile strength, and has a coefficient of static friction and a coefficient of kinetic friction of each 1.0 or less. The film is produced by removing a hydrocarbon plasticizer from a sheet prepared from polyethylene containing the plasticize...

The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus comprising sheet stacking means for stacking and supporting sheets, a sheet supply roller (27) having different radial dimensions along a periphery thereof to feed out the sheets from the sheet stacking means, and reverse separation means comprising a feed rotary member (28) rotated in a sheet feeding direction and a reverse rotary member ...

Disclosed are devices and methods for the clinical analysis of a sperm sample. The devices comprise a solid substrate, typically on the order of a few millimeters thick and approximately 0.2 to 2.0 centimeters square, microfabricated to define a sample inlet port (16A) and a mesoscale flow channel (20, 40) extending from the inlet port (16A). In one embodiment, a sperm sample is applied to the inl...

Method for continuous production of a thermoplastic moulding compound with a low scatter-range melt-flow index. Two or more identical-mixture starting products with varying melt-flow indices are mixed in a reclaim extruder which is equipped with an on-line melt-flow index measuring device and an adjustable metering system.

The device has two electrical contacts (1,2) each mounted on isolators (3) on a frame (4) the contact are widely spaced with the connection provided by a movable contact blade (5) that is pivot mounted onto one of the fixed contacts. The necessary contact force is provided by a torsion spring that is built into the pivot assembly. The device is in series with a vacuum switch and responds at a spec...

A catalyst for purifying exhaust gas, comprising a mixture of a first powder comprising at least platinum supported on a first carrier with a second powder comprising at least rhodium supported on a second carrier and a NOx occluding material supported at least on the first carrier, wherein the second carrier is zirconia stabilized with either an alkaline earth metal or a rare earth element or bot...

The present invention relates to a method for routing calls from a terminal in a first telecommunication network, for example an intranet, to any terminal in an external telecommunication network, the interworking between said networks taking place through one of several interworking units or so-called gateways (GW), and in order to provide a method which in a more effective manner can optimise su...

The visual control chamber has at least one strip lighting source (8-10,16) for the illumination of the lacquered substrate surface. A holder (4) is provided for the substrate which can be swivelled. The holder can be swivelled about a horizontal axis at the eye level of the observer (3). The strip lighting source is arranged parallel to the swivel axis (5) of the holder.

The invention relates to a device for cleaning a polishing pad, such as a polishing cloth for polishing wafers. The inventive device is characterised in that it has a distributor (20) for delivering a gas-water mixture at a high pressure. Said gas-water mixture is atomised and then sprayed onto the polishing pad (12) being cleaned by means of nozzles (23) which are positioned on the output side (2...

A recording apparatus in which recording operation is carried out while a recording head having a plurality of recording elements arranged on a line is reciprocated includes pattern printing device for printing adjustment patterns through a plurality of reciprocations, in which drive timings of the plurality of recording elements of the recording head are different so that relative position betwee...

A permanent hair removal method includes the steps of preparing the surface of the skin, including the removal of excess hair and the application of suitable cleansers and degreasers. Alkaline ions, in a gel, cream, ointment or solution containing a buffered solution of potassium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate are applied to the clean, prepared surface. Apparatus using massage, ultrasound or oth...

The invention relates to a commercial dishwashing machine, where the detergent added to the first wash tank of the wash section is controlled by a regulator which controls a dosing device. The regulator is a fuzzy regulator, which in a learning phase determines characteristic influencing values of the system to be regulated. In the learning phase, detergent is continuously added to the first wash ...

The invention relates to a commercial dishwashing machine, where the detergent added to the first wash tank of the wash section is controlled by a regulator which controls a dosing device. The regulator is a fuzzy regulator, which in a learning phase determines characteristic influencing values of the system to be regulated. In the learning phase, detergent is continuously added to the first wash ...

The present invention provides an interference controller and method for limiting in one cell the effect of interference generated by other cells of a wireless telecommunications system, each cell of the wireless telecommunications system having a central terminal and a plurality of subscriber terminals, communication between a central terminal and a subscriber terminal being arranged to occur ove...

A channel member for a PALC panel has a channel in its surface and a wire in the channel as an electrode of the PALC panel.