An exercise device for exercising all of the major muscles comprising the upper and lower abdomen and back, while avoiding undue stress on the lumbar and cervical spinal discs and the muscles comprising the lower back and hip flexors. The device provides rigid upper and lower back supports which are pivotally joined at a point which restricts flexure of the spine to the T10-L1 region. Resistance m...

A method for determining reproducibly if visual features of an object are known to a person. For that purpose, one or more test images are prepared by applying predetermined algorithms so that an image of the respective object is altered such that cognitive perception is in general impossible whereas the global affective impression is not influenced. The test images are presented to a person and i...

The present invention relates to an automated retailing system and to a remote ordering device which may be used in the retailing system. The automated retailing system comprises a plurality of remote ordering devices by which a user may identify himself and order product from remote location or have a product vended locally, where the product is available at the device. A networked capability of ...

The present invention relates to an automated retailing system and to a remote ordering device which may be used in the retailing system. The automated retailing system comprises a plurality of remote ordering devices by which a user may identify himself and order product from remote location or have a product vended locally, where the product is available at the device. A networked capability of ...

The invention includes a markup language according to the SGML standard in which document type definitions are created under which electronic documents are divided into blocks that are associated with logical fields that are specific to the type of block and that are separately cryptographically signed (Fig. 35). Each of many different types of electronic documents can have a record mapping to a p...

A drum brake device (1) including, a pair of brake shoes (3,4), a wheel cylinder (2), anchor pins (9,10), and a control lever (50). The control lever (50) is disposed between the wheel cylinder (2) and a secondary shoe (4) and has a structure such that flanges (57,58) are raised from both ends of the plate-like lever body (55). The first flange (57) is formed at one end of the plate-like lever bod...

An optical recorder which has a basic pulse generating unit (60) which includes a leading end pulse generating circuit (2), a burst gate generating circuit (4) and a trailing end pulse generating circuit (6), a data length detection unit (61) which includes a front mark detection circuit (40), a front space detection circuit (41), a record mark detection circuit (42), a rear space detection circui...

The object of the present invention is to provide a high-intensity, reliable plasma display panel even when the cell structure is fine by resolving the problems such as a low visible light transmittance and low voltage endurance of a dielectric glass layer. The object is realized by forming the dielectric glass layer in the manner given below. A glass paste including a glass powder is applied on t...

A porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material which is improved in bondability and is free from the problem of the buckling resistance on bending and tearing in the axial direction of tubes. This material is composed of a fibril part mainly comprising PTFE and a node part comprising a heat-meltable resin with a melting point lower than that of PTFE. The fibril part scarcely comprises the meltab...

The platemaking system is a system that produces a printing plate by using an exposure device 8 to print on original film that has imposition data consisting of multiple page data imposed on photosensitive film. The system is equipped with page data layout device 2 and exposure device 8. Page data layout device 2 indicates page layout data that contains positioning information and size information...

A method of monitoring a fluid reservoir traversed by at least one well comprised the following steps: at least one electrode is connected to the surface and fixed in permanent manner in the well under conditions isolating the section of the well in which it is located hydraulically from the rest of the well and providing electrical coupling between the electrode and the reservoir; a current i...

An ablation and mapping catheter is disclosed which incorporates a fluid electrode for contacting tissue. The fluid emerges along the length of the catheter to generate a linear lesion in the cardiac tissue.

The present invention is related to an angular velocity sensor, and intends to improve the detection characteristic through a precise measuring of an angular velocity signal. For this objective, the invented angular velocity sensor comprises U-shape first and second piezoelectric elements(4),(5) bonded together sandwitching a detection electrode(6), wherein in at least one of the tuning fork arms(...

A process is disclosed for monitoring and/or controlling the course of an object through a predetermined series of transport and/or processing operations at various stations. An electronic camera (8) at an entry station takes a digital picture of each object (4a) before it enters the course of operations. The digital picture has characteristic traits for identifying the object (4a). These characte...

A nonwoven fabric having biodegradability which can be advantageously used as a biodegradable material for general disposable-type household supplies represented by such items as sanitary materials, wiping cloths, and packaging materials. The nonwoven fabric is formed of a fiber material made of poly-e -caprolactone and/or poly- b -propiolactone. The nonwoven fabric contains not less than 20 % by ...

A biodegradable disposable diaper comprising a combination of a liquid absorbing material, a liquid permeable surface material and an leakproof backing material, said liquid permeable material being formed of an aliphatic polyester resin obtained by reacting an aliphatic saturated polyester prepolymer having an end group which is materially a hydroxyl group with a coupling agent or formed of said ...

The data input templet used, contains a field (10) editable by the input device, e.g. a keypad. In addition there is at least one field which can be overwritten, its original content agreeing with a value stored in the terminal (1). The stored value is updated during logging of the terminal onto the network (2), and can be overwritten by the input device (11). An Independent claim is included for ...

The invention relates to edible molded bodies in the form of a flat or tubular film based on plastifiable biopolymers, the cleavage products or derivatives thereof and/or synthetic polymers from natural monomers, characterized in that they are produced according to a method comprising the following steps: a) the biopolymers, cleavage products or derivatives thereof and/or synthetic polymers are mi...

PCT No. PCT/EP98/00747 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1999 PCT Filed Feb. 11, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98/36010 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 1998The invention relates to spherical transparent polyester particles having a mean particle size <50 mu m and a monomodal particle size distribution having a span (d90-d10/d50)<2.5 which can be melted to form a continuous coating at temperature...

Při výrobě nevulkanizovaných, za působení vyšších teplot bez tlaku samočinně vulkanizujících elastomerových vykládacích folií se elastomerová směs před a/nebo během formování vystaví podtlaku působícímu odplynění elastomerové směsi.ŕ; Prepn of the sheet (I) which is self-vulcanising at elevated temp. without pressure, comprises prepn. of an elastomer mixt. (II) and moulding the mixt. to a she...