A method of determining optical quality of a transparent product includes passing a first grey-scale pattern through the material; obtaining a first image of the first pattern with an image pickup device after the first pattern has passed through the material; and determining optical quality of the material based on data obtained from the first image. An apparatus for determining optical quality o...

A method for producing a rigid foamed synthetic resin, which comprises reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate compound in the presence of water, a catalyst and a fluorine-containing compound of the formula 1: R-O-(A-O)n-R where in the formula 1, R is a C2-27 fluorine-containing organic group, n is an integer of from 1 to 100, A is an alkylene group having a carbon number in the straight cha...

A corrosion and ultraviolet ray resistant composite coated article (46) for use in or to contain electrical equipment is made by first cleaning an uncoated article (10) at a cleaning station (14), and then successively passing the cleaned article through wash workstation (16) phosphate bond coating workstation (18), wash workstation (22), non-chrome sealant coating workstation (24), drying worksta...

Bonded composite knitted structural textiles are formed of knitted polymeric fibers. The textile is formed from at least two, and preferably three or four, polymeric components. The first component, or load bearing member, is a high tenacity, high modulus, low elongation mono- or multifilament yarn. The second component is a fusible polymer in yarn or other form which will encapsulate and bond adj...

A window that can be opened in multiple manners such as pushing/pulling and rotating outwards by using a sliding pipe assembly, includes a frame assembly and at least two sash assemblies. A horizontal frame in the frame assembly has a cavity with an opening, a guide track mounted on a bottom slab of the horizontal frame cavity, and a pair of subsidiary guide tracks provided on a pair of side slabs...

In a method of regenerating a NOx adsorber, the NOx adsorber is used to treat exhaust gases created during the combustion of gaseous fuels in general. Methane is introduced into a reformer or exhaust line in which hydrogen generated during reforming is used to regenerate the NOx absorber.

PCT No. PCT/GB95/00573 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 26, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 26, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 16, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/25237 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 21, 1995An apparatus for laying marine pipelines of the type in which the pipeline is assembled along a horizontal axis on board a pipelaying vessel prior to being launched therefrom; in which the pipeline is plastically bent to a desired launch angle...

A method of determining reflective optical quality of a reflective product includes reflecting a first gray-scale pattern off the product; obtaining a first image of the first pattern with an image pickup device after the first pattern has reflected off of the product; and determining optical quality of the product based on data obtained from the first image. An apparatus for determining reflectiv...

A process for the crystallization and re-establishment of a vanadyl/vanadous sulphate solution to its original chemical composition, and the use of a vanadium bearing ore material, in particular a titaniferous magnetite ore material, for producing the vanadyl/vanadous sulphate solution or crystals, particularly for use as an electrolyte in a vanadium redox battery.

A process for the crystallization and re-establishment of a vanadyl/vanadous sulphate solution to its original chemical composition, and the use of a vanadium bearing ore material, in particular a titaniferous magnetite ore material, for producing the vanadyl/vanadous sulphate solution or crystals, particularly for use as an electrolyte in a vanadium redox battery.

The present invention provides a system generating electricity by gravity. This system includes a plurality of tanks mounted on a circulating device. When the tanks receive the working medium descending from a higher place by gravity, the circulating device is driven to circulate along a guiding device so as to drive a working shaft of a generator for generating electricity. A transmission mechani...

A process for producing an oxidized product in conjunction with a turbine (120) for generating power. This process comprises contacting a compressed and heated oxygen-containing gas stream (105) with at least one solid electrolyte oxygen selective ion transport membrane (103) in a membrane reactor (115). A reactant (110) is passed into the reactor to generate an oxidized product (125) therefrom. O...

In a mobile communication system having a plurality of radio base stations (1-1,1-7) and a mobile station (1-8), a radio base station selection method in which a radio base station to start communicating with a mobile station is selected from among adjacent radio base stations (1-2,1-4) capable of communicating with the mobile station (1-8) is provided. The method includes the steps of requiring, ...

Novel arylalkylamino compounds exhibiting calcilytic properties are provided.

The method is for detector noise reduction and increases the signal-to-noise ratio for sinus signals in noise. The noise with high relative band width has the properties whereby its auto-correlation function has a relatively limited extent in time and its auto-correlation functions for sinus-formed signals have a relatively great extent in time. The method reduces noise energy in a signal without...