A continuously variable transmission has a fixed pulley piece and a movable pulley piece supported on the fixed pulley piece so that the movable pulley piece can be moved toward and away from the fixed pulley piece, the width of a groove between the pieces being increased or decreased by changing hydraulic pressure so that the rotational radius of a belt looped around the pulleys is increased or d...

A motor vehicle has a continuously variable belt-drive automatic transmission, an automatic clutch provided between the engine and the automatic transmission, a hydraulic control system and a hydraulic circuit including the oil pump for controlling the transmission. A wheel lock signal is produced when the deceleration of the wheel speed is so large that the wheels may be locked. In response to th...

In a method of operating a gas turbine plant (32) with an integrated steam process (33) and with an air storage facility (34), a partial mass flow (17) is drawn from a high-pressure turbine (15) of the gas turbine plant (32) and led through a heat exchanger (20) for cooling one or more structures of the gas turbine plant (32). This heat exchanger (20) is driven by a cooler medium (4, 6). The parti...

This invention relates to the use of Nisin an antimicrobial substance (produced by certain strains of Streptococcus lactis) for controlling the growth of spoilage bacteria in alcoholic beverages both during and after production. The process of the invention comprises adding to or incorporating in an alcoholic beverage an amount of nisin or nisin-producing culture sufficient to inhibit spoilage. In...

An air cleaner which comprises a filter device (F) for removing dispersed particles contained in air, a supply-discharge device for supplying a separating liquid (L) to the filter device (F) and, at the same time, discharging the separating liquid (L) which has picked up the dispersed particles, and a fan (35) for aspirating air. The filter device (F) has a partition plate (55) adapted to isolate ...

PCT No. PCT/DK92/00329 Sec. 371 Date May 2, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date May 2, 1994 PCT Filed Nov. 10, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/09753 PCT Pub. Date May 27, 1993.A container for receiving and separating blood plasma into its ingredients comprises two sealingly coupled sections (1 and 2). One container section (2) and the adjacent portion of the other container section are made of solid material, and the tw...

A brake unit for an elevator hoist apparatus for use with an electric motor output shaft includes a brake disc mounted to the motor output shaft and a pair of brake arm assemblies each having a spring-biased pivotable brake arm and a brake shoe attached to one end of the brake arm for frictional engagment with the brake disc. The electromagnetic actuator is connected to the other end of the brake ...

Styrene polymer foam that is more environmentally acceptable, capable of making foam insulation over a wide range of densities, decorative and does not require the modification of existing equipment for high pressure operation is prepared using a mixed blowing agent of carbon dioxide plus ethyl chloride and optionally a fluorocarbon to provide a foam having primary cells and secondary cells define...

The self-service system having the capability of predicting a type of transaction to be initiated by a customer, comprises a customer interface unit for initiating a selected type of self-service transaction, and a controller for controlling the operation of the system in response to the type of transaction initiated by the customer. A storage device stores data relating to previous transactions o...

Cement based casting compositions are formulated in which the sand and aggregate in conventional concrete are replaced by a low density mineral of particle size suitable for its intended use, together with other additives to ensure that the finished castings possess adequate flexural strength. The light weight and high thermal insulation of such castings can be further enhanced by design features ...

A tufted fabric (10) made of a partially meltable primary backing (12) and tufts (14) tufted into the primary backing. The tufts are bonded to the backing by either entanglement or partially melting the backing (12) to bond the tufts and applying a secondary backing (11) by either fusion bonding or entanglement.

Printed wiring boards useful for high frequency applications are obtained by laminating a copper foil pretreated with a silane to a polynorbornene prepreg. The prepreg is made by impregnating a fiberglass cloth with a ring-opening polymerized polymer. The copper foil is pretreated with a silane which is capable of improving the bond strength between the copper foil and a norbornene copolymer.

In a process for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) by simultaneously forming field-effect transistors (FETs) and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in a semiconductor substrate, a method of reducing the junction capacitance of said FETs (30, 40) comprising the steps of: (a) defining active regions for said BJTs and FETs in said substrate; (b) forming a gate oxide over said substrate; (c) for...

In a process for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) by simultaneously forming field-effect transistors (FETs) and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in a semiconductor substrate, a method of reducing the junction capacitance of said FETs (30, 40) comprising the steps of: (a) defining active regions for said BJTs and FETs in said substrate; (b) forming a gate oxide over said substrate; (c) for...

In a process for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) by simultaneously forming field-effect transistors (FETs) and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in a semiconductor substrate, a method of reducing the junction capacitance of said FETs (30, 40) comprising the steps of: (a) defining active regions for said BJTs and FETs in said substrate; (b) forming a gate oxide over said substrate; (c) for...

In a process for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) by simultaneously forming field-effect transistors (FETs) and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in a semiconductor substrate, a method of reducing the junction capacitance of said FETs (30, 40) comprising the steps of: (a) defining active regions for said BJTs and FETs in said substrate; (b) forming a gate oxide over said substrate; (c) for...

For optimal performance, the threshold voltages VTP and VTN of the p- and n-channel transistors in a CMOS device should be the respective complements of each other. In polysilicon-gate devices, this can be achieved by adjusting the corresponding gate-metal work function utilizing p+ and n+ polysilicon for the respective gates of the p- and n-channel transistors. However, when a refractory metal si...

When the user is logged on to a processor running multiple virtual terminals and he presses a Secure Attention Key, the existing virtual terminal processes are not destroyed. Instead, the invention creates a new virtual terminal, establishes a trusted path for the new virtual terminal, makes the new virtual terminal the current virtual terminal, and then runs the trusted process in the new virtual...

A system for cleaning water in rivers or lakes or for separating oil and water. Stock water to be treated is sucked up by a pressure pump 2 from a portion A to be treated and is fed to vapor-liquid mixing means 1. This sucked stock liquid is fed with a gas compressed by a compressor 3 so that the compressed gas is mixed and dissolved by the vapor-liquid mixing means 1 in the stock liquid. After th...