An arrangement for manufacturing non-pelletized packaging units which are completely surrounded with shrinking foil. The packaging units are formed by several layers of objects which are stacked on top of each other in such a way that at least two parallel recesses are formed into which support members of a lifting device can engage. The arrangement includes a single shrinking foil application dev...

PURPOSE:To uniformize the width of a sheet material, by moving it zigzag while guiding a tip of the sheet material with a pinch roll at a tip of a pair of traverser device installed as opposed with a hopper upper end opening, and feeding a sheet delivery roll with the sheet material. CONSTITUTION:A sheet material W being fed successively out of a feed conveyor 13 is delivered out in consecutive or...

Aqueous polyethylene dispersions, suitable for improving the surface characteristics of glass, are disclosed. The dispersions contain 40 to 100 percent by weight, based on the polyethylene, of a mixture of (a) amine oxides of the general formula I wherein R1 is alkyl with 7 to 17 carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3 and (b) the salt of an amine of the general formula R2N[(C2H4O)mH]2 II with a ...

An improved power transmission system for use with a light saddle-type vehicle with an internal combustion engine of cross-mounted type has an improved construction such that there are provided a split type crank case adapted to be split generally centrally into two counterparts in the vertical way, an output shaft mounted on the bottom of and extending along a splitting line of the crank case, an...

A method of manufacturing by a powder metallurgy process a rotary drill bit including a bit body having an external surface on which cutting elements are mounted, and a passage for supplying drilling fluid to the surface of the bit. The method comprises forming a hollow mould for moulding at least a portion of the bit body, packing at least part of the mould with powdered matrix material, and infi...

The present invention provides a device for the evaluation of a flat test carrier for the analytical determination of components of body fluids, said device having a tempering device and a regulating unit, the tempering device including a heating and measurement unit which can be pressed flatly against the test carrier in the region of its reference surface utilized for the evaluation and having a...

A biaxially stretched polyester base film having many fine protrusions on its surface, characterized by having the following properties: (a) in a distribution curve representing the relation between the number of protrusions (y/mm2) and the height of protrusions (x in mu m) on the surface of said film which are measured in a region having at least 20 protrusions/mm2, that part of the distribution...

GRANULATORS The entry slot of a granulator for comminuting material fed as sheets (especially cathode copper) is bounded on one side by a fixed bearing surface aligned with the fixed blade at which the initial cut will be made. On the other side it is bounded by a member (or possibly more than one member) which is resiliently supported and biassed towards the bearing surface. This accommodates var...

Random Logic Error Detecting System For Differential Logic Networks A system for testing a differential logic network is provided which includes a differential exclusive OR circuit having a plurality of inputs for receiving complementary signals from the differential logic network and first and second output terminals and means, e.g., a conventional exclusive OR circuit, for determining the voltag...

An electric shaver comprising a shaver housing comprising a generally rectangular box-like casing and a head casing removably mounted on one end of the box-like casing; a finely perforated stationary shear foil replaceably mounted on the head casing; a reciprocable blade assembly positioned inside the head casing and outside the box-like casing and cooperable with the stationary shear foil to cut ...

Method for making flat gaskets with a soft material layer on a sheet or plate-like support, comprising the following method steps: applying a soft material mass comprising fillers and a binder as soft material layer onto the support, if need be, compacting and/or drying the coated support, impregnating this flat material with impregnating agents containing polysiloxanes which may be cross-linked b...

Enhanced coffee retention properties are achieved in thermoplastic polymer foam cups molded from thermoplastic polymer particles by coating at least a portion of the surfaces of the particles before molding with a fluorosurfactant.

A pre-expanded particle of a propylene resin having two melting temperatures as determined by DSC, the heat of fusion for the peak based on the higher melting temperature being 0.5 to 2.3 cal/g. By using the pre-expanded particles of the propylene resin of the invention, foamed articles having excellent surface appearance, small dimentional shrinkage can be easily obtained without the procedure fo...

This invention relates to a process for producing phenolformaldehyde foams, also known as phenolic foams, of improved properties. The inventive feature resides in using a controlled combination of the various components in the curing reaction mixture and in controlling the temperature within the mass of the curing mixture. The process is applicable to production of block or laminated foams. Phenol...

Described is a process for improving the color of thermoplastic polymers by contacting the polymer with a peracid, hydrogen peroxide or other peroxygen compound.

A method for controlling operation of a throttle valve in an automatic transmission system for automobiles using a microcomputer, including the steps of: (a) detecting an accelerator position, an engine rotational speed, a clutch stroke, a change lever position, an input shaft rotational speed, and a transmission gear position by a transmission gear position sensor; (b) comparing the data determin...

A detecting head for use in an apparatus for reading optically information recorded on a record carrier as a track or tracks comprising an optical system including a projection lens for projecting a light spot onto the track to be read and a device for detecting a relative position between the light spot and the track. The optical system further comprises a device for supporting the projection len...