A fastening system that enables a tab to be positioned around items to be joined, and a fastener to be passed through the tab and the items to be joined to fasten these. The invention relates to a fastening device for effecting the system, a magazine for storing and dispensing tabs and to the tabs.

A petroleum well (20) comprises a well casing (30), a production tubing (40), a source of time-varying current (68), a downhole tracer injection device (60), and a downhole induction choke (90). The casing (30) extends within a wellbore of the well (20). The tubing (40) extends within the casing (30). The current source (68) is located at the surface. The current source (68) is electrically connec...

Process for mechanical chemical polishing of a layer in a copper-based material using a polishing composition, characterized in that said polishing composition comprises an aqueous suspension of individualized colloidal silica particles not linked to each other by siloxane bonds, the average diameter of which is comprised between 10 and 100 nm, the pH of the aqueous suspension being comprised betw...

A content scanner for electronic documents such as email scans objects which are the target of hyperlinks within the document. If they are determined to be acceptable, a copy of the object is attached to the document and the link is replaced by one pointing to the copied object.

A manual actuating device for assisting people impaired in the use of the legs includes a rim element (2) intended for being arranged below the steering wheel (1) of the motor vehicle, substantially coaxially to the steering wheel. The rim element (2) is mounted movable relative to a support structure along a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the steering wheel, in order to control a...

A marine anti-bio-fouling coating 10, for application onto the surface of a marine article 12. The coating 10 comprises a self-levelling, self-curing epoxy resin primer adhesive 14, an adhesive modified epoxy resin binder adhesive 16 and granulated Copper Nickel alloy 18. When a coated marine article 12 is immersed in water a chemical reaction occurs between the water and the Copper Nickel alloy 1...

Injection devices are known for the self administration of a medicament by patients in which the medicament is contained within a cartridge located within the injection device. It is a problem that such injection devices should be small enough to fit into a jacket pocket or a hand bag without difficulty. Concurrently, the injection device must be of size that enables a piston or similar used to dr...

In one disclosed aspect, dynamic gain modifications are applied to an audio signal at least partly in response to auditory events and/or the degree of change in signal characteristics associated with said auditory event boundaries. In another aspect, an audio signal is divided into auditory events by comparing the difference in specific loudness between successive time blocks of the audio signal.

Manufacture of test strips comprises preparing a test strip band (32), comprising a detection film (18) and an adhesive tape (16). Test fields are transferred as self-adhesive test strips (14) from the band (32) onto a carrier tape (12). - Manufacture of test strips comprises preparing a test strip band (32), comprising a detection film (18) and an adhesive tape (16). Test fields are transferred a...

The invention relates to a polymeric gel and various articles of manufacture such as a cushion liner, a cushion locking liner, an open-ended cushion knee or elbow sleeve, and a cushion flat sheet, all useful for increasing the comfort of the wearer. Also described are sleeve members and liners for enclosing an amputation stump. The polymeric gel composition preferably comprises a block copolymer a...

Impact attenuating device for vehicles with frame side members. The attenuator includes an attenuating part, wheels and a connecting part which connects the device to the vehicle either in an operating position or in a transport position. To be able to transport the attenuator between different roadwork areas easily and in a manner safe for traffic, the impact attenuating device is connected like ...

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of peptides using an excess of an activated carboxylic component to acylate an amino component, wherein after the acylation an amine comprising a free anion or a latent anion is used as a scavenger of residual activated carboxylic functions. This process is useful for the preparation of oligo- and polypeptides and, more generally, in ...

The device has a chassis (6) removably insertable into a rack (4) in direction of chassis insertion, and a chassis electrical board connector fixed to the chassis. The chassis has rear openings (14, 40) that face rack electrical output connector, where the electrical output connector is arranged along wall of the rack. The chassis electrical board connector is connected with electrical board conne...

The strip-shaped packaging material (1) for packaging articles (4) provided on one side with an adhesive layer has a surface which faces this adhesive layer and incorporates sections provided with a release coating (2), as well as adjacent sections (3) without a release coating.

The invention relates to an improved system for gluing the bottoms of bags. The inventive system comprises a block which is used to glue the bottom-forming flaps and which is equipped with a relief. The relief is formed by a series of parallel rows which are disposed longitudinally in the direction of rotation of the gluing roller and which determine the same number of ridges as rows, having corre...

The polypropylene-based thermoplastic fibers are uniform in cross-section, not having any degraded surface skin, and they are heat-weldable at a pressure at a temperature which is lower than the melting temperature, by virtue of internal heating due to the effect of said pressure. They are made of a first constituent with high crystallinity and at least one second constituent, compatible with the ...

A spunbond web producing-apparatus has a spinning head to produce a curtain of thermoplastic synthetic resin filaments, a stretching nozzle between a pair of nozzle-forming units to stretch the filaments, a foraminous belt to collect the filaments in the form of spunbond web, and temperature control device(s) to control the temperature of the unit(s) and reduce basis weight tolerances of the web.

The invention relates to a pressurized can comprising a body, a valve arranged in a dome, a base (16), an inner shell (1) with detachable, push-off type cover (8) arranged on the base (16) and a movable shaft (7) arranged in a fixing element (2) and extending through the base (16) into the inner shell (1) and serving as release element for the inner shell with the inner shell (1) being connected t...

A reservoir comprises an upper reservoir part and a lower reservoir part divided by a member into a first reservoir chamber and second reservoir chamber. The reservoir mounts to a shock absorber having a generally cylindrical body. At least the lower reservoir part is delimited by two parallel-displaced flat base surfaces and has a reservoir wall as a contacting surface between these base surfaces...

A cleaning, disinfection, and indicator agent comprising a water-soluble permanganate, particularly for mixture with an agent for ensuring an alkaline milieu having a pH value of at least 11, which, in addition to the water-soluble permanganate, contains a further oxidizing agent, whose oxidation potential is above that of manganese VII to manganese VI, pH buffer substances, preferably primary and...