A high power lamp (2) that may be either an electrodeless or arc lamp is disclosed. The lamp contains a fill of either selenium or sulfur and a small amount of rare gas (e.g. argon or xenon).

The present invention relates to a sealed lead acid storage battery comprising a multi-cell type monoblock battery container comprising cell chambers in each of which groups of electrode plates of the same shape are contained, and the positive and negative electrode poles at the upper portions of the groups of electrode plates are all arranged on the same side of cell chambers. Especially, all of ...

A tampon is provided which includes an absorbent material (12) wound in a spiral configuration, the outermost winding (18) of the spiral having a liquid permeable overwrap material (10) disposed thereon, a portion of said overwrap being folded over the edge (18) of the spiral which corresponds to the withdrawal end of the tampon and adhered (seal 16) to the inside surface (13) of said outermost wi...

PCT No. PCT/GB94/00077 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 21, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 21, 1995 PCT Filed Jan. 13, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/15746 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 1994A layer 1 is formed from carbon fibre strands that are pre-impregnated with epoxy resin to hold the fibers together. The strands of carbon fiber that make up the layer 1 comprise eight uni-directional sub layers that are assembled with their s...

PURPOSE:To perform the replacement of a tire constituting material in a short time and obviate the transfer work of a stock roll by providing a let-off device providing a notch part for mounting two cassettes toward the center of revolution and a feed-in device independently revolvable around the center of revolution. CONSTITUTION:A let-off device 1 unwinding a tire constituting material, a cutter...

The cylindrical roller bearing has inner and outer (1) running rings, between which cylindrical rollers (7) are guided in a cage. The latter is free to rotate, guided by an annular groove on the inner or outer ring. The cage has pockets (8) which accept the rollers, and which are distributed over its perimeter, on the inner or outer diameter. It has a radial partition (10) in the region of each ro...

The invention aims to simplify the design of the known conoscopic measurement devices (10) used for determining the viewing angle-dependent contrast in particular of transmission-operated liquid crystal displays, and to calibrate such a measurement device spectrographically and make it more versatile. This is done according to the invention by dispensing with the conventional projection optics (fo...

An arc melting furnace comprises a hollow electrode (7) through which additive material (10) is fed to the melt during a critical melting phase when part of the solid material is melted, and traditional means to feed solid material to be melted.

The system detects slip of a driven vehicle wheel (14,16) via wheel velocity sensors (54,56), to initiate a slip regulation mode in which the vehicle transmission is switched to a higher gear ratio when the engine revs reach a given level, via an electronic control unit (42). The condition of the road surface is detected and the switching up to the higher gear ratio is inhibited depending on the d...

A hose/clamp assembly is provided wherein the hose is provided with a protrusion which engages with a slot in the clamp. Further provisions allow for the orientation of the clamp on the hose to facilitate assembly onto motor vehicles.

Expandable bladders for use in curing presses for hydrocarbon rubbers, such as pneumatic tires, are a crosslinked elastomer composition comprising isobutylene repeat units and including a fluorinated ethylene polymer added in particulate form and thereafter dispersed throughout the bladder. These fluorinated ethylene polymer may or may not form fibers. The bladders may further comprise graphite. A...

A phase-contrast X-ray CT apparatus is provided with an X-ray source (7) for generating an X-ray beam (8), a crystal (9; 21) for generating a diffracted beam (10a) by irradiation with the X-ray beam, an object arranging section provided in the direction of propagation of the diffracted beam so that it is rotatable relative to the diffracted beam, an analyzer crystal (11; 22) for receiving a beam t...

The present invention relates to a method for increasing penetration of mammalian ova by mammalian male sperm by contacting sperm in vitro with a penetration-enhancing amount of a penetration-enhancing thymosin polypeptide or a penetration enhancing anti-thymosin antibody. In preferred embodiments, treatment comprises contacting mammalian sperm with thymosin alpha 1 or antibodies to thymosin alp...

A centrifuge for rotating a fluid retentive housing having fluid input and output tubing fixedly connected to a rotation axis of the fluid retentive housing, the centrifuge comprising: a frame; a first rotatable mechanism having a rotation axis, the fluid retentive housing being coaxially mounted thereon for co-rotation therewith; a second rotatable mechanism having a rotation axis, the first and ...

PCT No. PCT/SE96/01622 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 15, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 15, 1998 PCT Filed Dec. 10, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/23295 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 3, 1997In a decanter centrifuge, which comprises an outer drum (1) and an inner drum (5) concentric therewith, the two drums being rotatable at different speeds around a common center axis, the inner drum (5) carries several blades (6, 7) arranged to ...

Eine Vorrichtung zur Begrenzung des Ansprechbereichs eines von einem Fernsteuersender funkferngesteuerten Arbeitsgerätes sieht vor, dass mindestens zwei in unterschiedlichen Positionen zum Sender angeordnete Empfangsantennen am ferngesteuerten Arbeitsgerät angeordnet werden, aus deren phasenverschobenen Empfangssignalen ein Steuersignal gewonnen wird, das im Arbeitsgerät Schaltvorgänge veranlasst,...

A method is disclosed for forming and contracting scar collagen below a tissue surface in a selected tissue site. An electromagnetic energy apparatus is provided and includes an electromagnetic energy source and a delivery device. The delivery device is positioned on the tissue surface. Electromagnetic energy is produced from the electromagnetic energy source and delivered through the tissue surfa...

Apparatus for selecting predetermined ones of packets of signal components, from a signal stream (12) of packets includes a control device (19), responsive to user selection (20) and a transmitted program guide, for determining packet identifier codes, SCID's, for respective program signal components. The respective component SCID's are stored in programmable registers (13). SCID's, from respectiv...

The invention relates to safety closing devices for containers of biological liquids and, particularly, for test tubes used for the drawing, transport and/or analysis of blood, of the type including an undercap and a cap, both made of a perforable material. The undercap (2) and the cap (3) each include at least a central portion (4, 6), formed by one or more parts. The central portion (4) of the u...

Disclosed is an automatic travelling apparatus which permits: determination of a permissible travelling area on the basis of images taken by an image pickup device or video camera, showing the sight of the area appearing ahead of the vehicle; steering control of the vehicle to go into a target course in the permissible travelling area; and selection of a predetermined way of a selected crossing or...