Shoe has an inner assembly (48) having a deformable portion (46, 50) which acts together with the shoe upper (24) to adjust the girth of the shoe to fit feet of differing widths and girths. Pref. the portion is resiliently deformable and can be made of elastic sheet material, on adjustably tensioned spring or a deformable gas filled bladder. The elastic material can be a spandex fabric. The inner ...

A process for determining whether a heat recoverable article has achieved sufficient temperature comprising applying to the surface of the article to be heated a composition comprising a chlorinated polymer and a zinc salt and the resultant article.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a C20+ tube oil from olefins or reducing the pour point of a lube oil comprising isomerizing the olefins over a catalyst comprising an intermediate pore size silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve and at least one Group VIII metal.

The invention relates to liquid crystalline media being a mixture of at least 2 compounds, characterized in that at least one compound is a fluorinated oligophenyl according to formulae I or II.

An improved form of conductor wires utilizing a jacketing envelope for inclusion into a conveyor belt. Low coefficient of friction envelopes form small voids in the conveyor belt carcass to allow the conductors to freely move during flexing of the belt in service. The movement minimizes stress and breakage of the conductor. The belt with arrays of these conductors spaced along the length of the be...

A dispenser package for flowable substances of the type where the flowable product is contained within a flexible pouch adhered to a relatively stiff sheet material which is opened along a fault line or fault pattern with one hand by folding the stiff ends toward one another into a "V" shape, wherein the flexible product-containing pouch is formed with a shallow duct or channel area directly behin...

The invention relates to a cooling structure for the kind of a high frequency power transistor, in which the heat of the power loss is conducted from a semiconductor piece through a collector conductor. In contact with of the collector conductor (C) or as its extension there is a metal piece (9), which is essentially larger than the collector conductor, the size of which is about what the electric...

Apparatus composed of a control and monitoring unit 1, a thermostated cylinder 2 receiving a measured quantity of material to be evaluated, a plunger 3 sliding in the cylinder 2, an exchanger system enabling the cylinder 2 to be equipped with a suitable die 6 for the measurement to be carried out, a stepping-control motor 7 ensuring a monitored travel of the plunger 3, a force-sensor 9 yielding a ...

In a suspension device for automobile having a shock absorber provided with a damping force change-over mechanism and a suspension spring provided with a spring constant change-over mechanism, a power source to perform both the changing-over of the damping force of the shock absorber and the spring constant of the suspension spring depends on a fluid pressure source equipped in the automobile and ...

PCT No. PCT/FR90/00112 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 17, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 17, 1990 PCT Filed Feb. 16, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/09675 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 23, 1990.A microwave generator that uses an electron beam and the phenomenon of the oscillating virtual cathode, but makes it possible to obtain energy with improved spectral quality and conversion efficiency as compared with standard vircator generat...

2048656 9009696 PCTABS00001 A two-speed stepper actuator unit (10) for use in paper machine headbox (9) slice lip (80) control has a spindle (16) driven by a power nut (24). A lever clamp (32) has legs (34 and 36) selectively clamped together around nut (24) by means of a cam action locking plate (40) driven by solenoid (48). The longer leg (36) of clamp (32) has a cam follower which rotationally ...

An analytical test device incorporating a dry porous carrier to which a liquid sample, eg. urine, suspected of containing an analyte such as HCG or LH can be applied indirectly, the device also incorporating a labelled specific binding reagent which is freely mobile in the porous carrier when in the moist state, and an unlabelled specific binding reagent which is permanently immobilised in a detec...

A test animal which is a mammal, except for human beings, in which a cholinergic neuron projecting from a Meynert nucleus or a basal forebrain into a cerebral cortex or a cholinergic neuron projecting from a septum nucleus into a hippocampus or both such cholinergic neurons have been selectively destroyed. The preparation thereof, which comprises administering a conjugate of a nerve growth factor ...

The rapid hooking device for furniture hinges has a base that is anchored to the furniture and a support that is connected to the articulated arm of the hinge. The device allows for rapid coupling and uncoupling.

The antenna has active modules (11), each with a transmission-reception circuit (20). The modules are arranged in parallel in correspondence with a predetermined grid (15) of a transmission surface. The modules are arranged between parallel, hollow flat beams (12) traversed by a pressurized coolant. Walls of the beams are flexible for being deformed under the action of pressure of the coolant.

The instrument comprises two measuring heads (6) movable on a rail (3) attached to an axially and rotationally displaceable measuring spindle (2). A support frame (1) for the spindle comprises two radial air bearings (7) and one axial bearing (11). The latter includes a bracket (9) secured to the spindle (2) and carrying a rotary motion-effecting device (16), and a fork arm (10). The balls (11) ar...

The present invention relates to a laser device for surgical treatment of ametropia and which makes use of substantially all of the available radiation, comprising the following components arranged on a common optical axis: a pulsed laser 1, a unit 3 for uniform distribution of laser radiation energy density over the beam cross-sectional area, a shaper 6 of required distribution of laser radiation...

An analytical test device incorporating a dry porous carrier to which a liquid sample, eg. urine, suspected of containing an analyte such as HCG or LH can be applied indirectly, the device also incorporating a labelled specific binding reagent which is freely mobile in the porous carrier when in the moist state, and an unlabelled specific binding reagent which is permanently immobilised in a detec...

The head, for a machine for automatically welding, blind, the end of a tube 3 to the inner face 5 of the tube plate of a cooling-tower manifold, this head being intended to be inserted via the orifice 7 located opposite the tube 3, in the plug plate 1, is constituted by: - a torch 8 arranged on its axial support 13, the transverse size of the torch-support assembly, in the inactive welding posit...

The present invention relates to a process for producing a lube oil having a low pour point and excellent viscosity and viscosity index comprising isomerizing a waxy feed over a catalyst comprising an intermediate pore size silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve and at least one Group VIII metal.