Low adherency wound dressings which comprise a wound facing layer and an outer layer characterised in that the wound facing layer comprises a conformable elastomeric apertured film the intermediate absorbent layer comprises a conformable hydrophilic foam and the outer layer comprises a continuous moisture vapour transmitting conformable film; two layer low adherency sound dressing with a wound fac...

A bead bundle positioning mechanism is provided to accurately locate one axial surface of each bead bundle prior to radial expansion of the tire carcass. Each bundle is held by a plurality of circumferentially spaced clamping mechanisms each of which has a pair of clamping elements respectively engaging the axially inner and axially outer surfaces of the bead bundle. The axially inner surface of e...

PURPOSE:To facilitate maintenance and to obtain a secure stop position by detecting impedance variation between both detection terminals when a detection part contacts with an uncoated part, and stopping the running of a self-travelling dolly by the detection signal obtained on the basis of the variation. CONSTITUTION:A steel tube 1 has a coating film on the internal surface and has a weld zone 3....

PURPOSE:To detect a break of a master clock and a software fault due to a program runaway through small-sized hardware by flowing the clock to a linked CPU, and putting respective CPUs in software processing and only the final CPU in charge of hardware processing. CONSTITUTION:When the master clock CLK1 of a CPU1 is broken, an input B to and an output B from a frequency divider 30 are both at cons...

A method and apparatus for the determination of the concentration of certain chemical substances such as glucose, urea, enzymes, etc, in biological solutions such as blood, serum, urine using a technique of differential pH measurement using two pH electrodes, and measuring pH changes in the solutions after the addition of specific reagents, the concentration being determined according to the formu...

Adhesive products comprising an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane, polyvinyl chloride powder, silicic acid and an organic solvent are employed to attach cover layers to cellular and non-cellular polyurethanes.

An apparatus for rapid solidification casting of molten high temperature and/or reactive metallic alloys has a heat extraction crucible for containing the alloy in liquid form. A nozzle forms an integral part of the crucible and allows for ejection of a stream of molten metal. The heat extracting crucible and nozzle are protected from the molten alloy by a shell of the alloy which has solidified a...

There is disclosed a method of producing a cellular ceramic body of high mechanical strength and exhibiting a density less than 15 lbs/ft3. A crystal-containing gel, prepared from a selected, synthetic, lithium and/or sodium, water-swelling mica, is ion exchanged with a large cation to flocculate the gel and the floc is drained and provided with a gas producing agent. The floc is then molded to de...

Hydraulic heat-resisting material of an improved thermal property which has high strength and high volume stability under high temperature is disclosed. The material substantially consists of 5 to 70 parts by weight of a mixture, the mixture consisting of 49.95 to 87.3% by weight of hydraulic cement, 49.95 to 9.7% by weight of amorphous silica and 0.1 to 3% by weight of a dispersing agent, and 95 ...

A process for producing a porous film or sheet, which comprises melt-molding a composition prepared by compounding 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin with 25 to 400 parts by weight of a filler and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a liquid or waxy hydrocarbon polymer into film or sheet, and stretching the resulting film or sheet.

A method of producing polyamide foils by extrusion wherein a dispersion of a solid inorganic nucleating agent is added to the polyamide.

Non-adhesive activated ("non-AA") polyester cord, or aramid cord, and fabrics made therefrom, may be coated in a two-step process, the first step of which is conventional. In the novel second step, after the cord is conventionally pre-coated in the first step, it is dipped in a R/F-free latex of a diene polymer in which an acrylic resin having a mol wt. in the range from about 100,000 to about 1,0...

Composition is characterized in that ethylenically unsaturated group (CH2=C<) operation is performed, under the existence of dispersion agent and antioxidant, to polyolefin series composition, and at least one kind of epoxy group and amino group is filler-graft-bonded with olefin through organic peroxide.

A gas discharge display panel for a large screen display in which the display brightness and emission efficiency are very high, the display accuracy is high, and is simple to construct. Cathode electrodes having openings forming discharge cells are arranged in parallel on a front plate and a number of anode electrodes are arranged in parallel on a rear plate orthgonal to the cathode electrodes. Ea...

A sprung brake apparatus including a casing in which is mounted a plunger (33), which on its one side is joined to a spring chamber and on the other is connected to a rod (42,62). The spring (21) is arranged in the spring chamber so as to press the plunger and thereby the plunger rod axially away from the spring chamber in order to apply the brakes. The spring is designed to work essentially acr...

In a processing plant in which workpieces are conveyed to selected work stations according to a programme, the computer programme chosen for the plant operation and representing a simulated operating schedule is run through during the actual operation of the plant in synchrony with the latter. The plant comprises a number of sensors by means of which data on actual events taking place in the plant...

8CS-3683 COATED SURFACE STABILIZED POLYCARBONATE ARTICLE A coated polycarbonate article having improved resistance to degradation by ultraviolet radiation, abrasion and attack by chemical solvents comprising a polycarbonate resin article with its surface layers impregnated with all ultraviolet radiation absorbing compound and having deposited on said impregnated surface a coating comprised of (i) ...