An access device for flexible containers (18) is described, formed by an injected piece and two elastomeric pieces (6,7), in which the latter are adapted to the punch of an administration equipment and/or an addition needle by means of the formation of an hydraulic closure, the elastomeric pieces (6,7) being engaged to the injected piece through bulges (4,5) located around some access openings (2,...

2100550 9212820 PCTABS00014 A method and apparatus are described for marking a moving body of material (26). The method comprises the steps of directing at the moving body (26) a high energy density beam (46, 58), concentrating the beam so as to produce an illuminated spot at a location on or within the moving body (26), and moving the spot in accordance with the resultant of two components of mov...

An apparatus (10) for counting the number of times a container has been open ed or some other event has occurred, with particular usefulness in medicine bottles and the like. An outer cover portion (100) with a set of teeth (12) holds an indicat or wheel (200) with an engaging pawl (220) and another set of teeth (230) and a ratchet whe el (300) with another pawl (320). The pawls and teeth in combi...

23443-468 A one-step process for the preparation of alkyl glycosides and alkyl polyglycosides from a saccharide and an alcohol having 12 to 20 carbon atoms is disclosed. The process comprises reacting the saccharide and the alcohol in a molar ratio of from 1:5 to 1:10, in the presence of an acid catalyst, sodium hypophosphite and up to about 1.3% of water, relative to the total of saccharide and a...

There is disclosed a method for making a self-supporting ceramic composite article having a porous core bearing a dense surface layer formed integrally with said core. A preform comprises a filler material and parent metal distributed therethrough, wherein the volume percent of parent metal is sufficient to form a volume of oxidation reaction product exceeding the total volume available within sai...

A lubricant composition of suitable viscosity miscible in non-chlorinated, fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants includes polyhydric alcohol esters, such as TMP, mono and/or di-pentaerythritol esters, made with branched carboxylic acids.

The use of lumped resistive elements (22, 24, 32) in an ink feed channel (10) between an ink-propelling element, such as a resistor, (12) and an ink supply plenum (16) provide a means of achieving resistive decoupling and meniscus resonance control with a minimum of deleterious side effects and design compromises typical of prior art solutions.

The present invention relates to a powder lubricant for a plunger device used in a diecasting machine. The powder lubricant is comprised of a mixture of a powdered or granulated lubricant base material composed of an inorganic compound used for a lubricant in a solid form, with an organic compound providing an adhesion ability to the lubricant base material. Both have a powdered or granulated fo...

11 Procédé d'attribution d'adresses dans un réseau domotique Ce procédé utilise la technique des courants porteurs entre des émetteurs-récepteurs (2, 3..) dits esclaves comportant chacun un microcontrôleur (4, 5..), et une régie-maître (6) comportant un microcontrôleur (7) dont la mémoire contient des adresses relatives aux esclaves et à l'habitation. Selon l'invention, lors du branchement d'un es...

An electrical connector formed of a polyolefin is more compliant than the connectors formed of polycarbonate and there- fore the cap and base are formed with interlocking wedging elements to resis t separation of the cap from the base prior to closing the connector onto a plurality of wires for making a connection therebetween .; 2095012 9213374 PCTABS00014 An electrical connector formed of a poly...

A device and process for mass transfer between liquid and gaseous media. Obstacles in the form of orifice plates or discs are installed in a flow channel bearing a gaseous medium, of the device. The obstacles define between them cavities which act as resonance cavities which result in flow forms and pulsations which lead to improved mass transfer with the liquid medium sprayed in through a high-pr...

An apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices wherein a curing oven cures samples of dies bonded to lead frames by adhesives, a wire bonder which is installed adjacent to and in line with the curing oven wire-bonds the samples which have been cured in the curing oven, and a sample feeding mechanism feeds the samples to the curing oven and then to a wire-bonding section of the wire bonder; t...

2100340 9212780 PCTABS00014 A cross-axis synchronous, flow-through coil planet centrifuge having exclusively left-handed column coils (12) and the method for separating macromolecules utilizing the left-handed column coil centrifuge. The use of left-handed column coils (12) exclusively allows retention of the stationary phase when utilizing aqueous-aqueous, two-phase solvent systems. The cross-axi...

A hydraulic control system for driving a plurality of actuators (A1 to A6) basically includes directional control valves (100), and pressure compensation valves (200), and at least one detection valve (300), the directional valves and the pressure compensation valves both corresponding in number to the actuators. These valves are mounted or incorporated in a body (11). The body has a plurality of ...

In North Temperate Zone there are abundant of dead leaves due to seasonal changes. Usually, these leaves are collected and disposed of as a waste material. In this invention, the leaves are turned into a useful and manageable form by pelletizing them.

A mechanism which is capable of anastomosis of two lumens by an absorbable fastener. The fastener is made from two washer-like plates. One such plate has holes to receive latching prongs protruding from the other plate. Fastening is done through a single linear motion that causes the prongs to pierce the tissue, latches the prongs into a receiver and causes a knife blade to cut through excess fast...

A portable spectrophotometer, for on site study of the absorption spectrum of a substance, uses a doublet (D) formed by a transmissive grating (R) and a focusing lens (L3) as a dispersive element. The dispersed light is detected by a multiple solid state detector system (M, 2, p1-pn), sensing the multiple spectrum elements (F1-fn). This spectrophotometer arrangement is less sensitive to an aggress...

An electrical power isolating switch has a movable contact carrier movable to the open position by an electromagnetic or thermal actuator. It may also be moved by manually operated push-button elements 9B1,B'1). The pushbutton actuators connect to a linkage (300) that forms part of the release mechanism (20), one pushbutton opening the contacts (B1') and the other closing them. The pushbutton elem...

A tongue plate stopper has a first disc having its webbing side face formed with at least one needle to be inserted through a webbing; and a second disc having a fitting portion for fitting the needle therein. At least one of the first and second discs has its webbing side face formed with a plurality of pins for biting into the webbing. The needle of the first disc projects from the central porti...

An apparatus for detecting speed sensor failure in an overspeed protection device is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of tachometers having outputs for indicating the speed of rotation of a machine relative to plural setpoints. If the comparison indicates that certain conditions exist, then a sensor failue is indicated. The apparatus may also be employed to detect a failure of, or lo...