PURPOSE:To simply and easily perform the positioning work of an imaging stand by inputting the selection order of the kind of the imaging stand and the selection order of the distance from the focus of an X-ray tube to an X-ray imaging system and reading position data to compare the same with a position signal and applying a lock order for an X-ray tube support mechanism to a fixing means when it ...

PURPOSE:To reduce cost with reduced number of components and facilitate maintenance checkups with simplified access to each mechanism by supporting and enclosing one axial end side of a rotary shaft of each mechanism with a main case section and supporting and enclosing the other end side with the front or rear case section. CONSTITUTION:One end side of a differential gear case 60 and a transfer g...

A shrimp deheading and grading mechanism which incorporates a shrimp deheading structure forming a shrimp deheading station. A shrimp conveyor and orienter is operative for conveying shrimps oriented in head-up, body down position to the shrimp deheading station. A shrimp deheading wheel having a plurality of flexible or rigid shrimp deheading fingers projecting therefrom is rotatable at the shrim...

A marking station for defect locations and quality limits in timber comprises a transporting device arranged to transport a timber in a movement direction through the marking station, a device for changing a transporting speed of the timber in the marking station, an indicating station part provided with a laser transmitting element and operative for indicating on the timber with a laser beam a fi...

A process of bonding two bodies of rubber by vulcanization of a connecting layer of vulcanizable rubber provides essentially a new manner of organizing the drainage of gaseous inclusions imprisoned between the bodies and/or resulting from the subsequent vulcanization reaction and of collecting these gases; the gaseous inclusions travel towards at least one conduit which passes through at least one...

A sensing apparatus capable of delivering a control signal in response to contact between an element of the apparatus and an external object should respond readily to a predetermined level of contact, and should be sensitive along all portions of the contact sensing surface. The instant invention provides a contact sensing apparatus including a conduit having a generally hollow tubular constructio...

A closure containing an internalized microbial filter (52) for use in enteral delivery set assemblies. The closure comprises a generally cylindrical side wall (15), a planar top surface (45) having first and second projections (25, 49), the first projection (25) being associated with the spikable membrane (28) while the second projection (49) is associated with a filter (52) and with means (55) to...

A device for optically evaluating test strips includes a housing carrying the measuring optics and a test strip holder insertable into and removable from the housing by sliding into and out of a receiving compartment of the housing, with the test strip holder containing all of the surfaces with which the significant portions of test strips come into contact, thereby permitting those surfaces to be...

A modular multi-channel automated medical analyzer device is disclosed, characterized by use of an ion selective electrode and/or enzymatic electrode/wash cell system which permits rapid analysis of various substances of interest contained within undiluted body fluids such as whole blood, serum and/or plasma. The ion selective electrode and/or the enzymatic electrode are disposed upon a probe whic...

A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface (15) of an inert porous matrix (11) impregnated with a reagent that will interact with the analyte to produce a light-absorbing reaction product when the fluid being analysed is applied t...

A disk cartridge 10 for a rotatable recording disk 16 includes a slidable shutter 20 for providing access to the recording disk 16 through the disk cartridge 10. A unique mounting for a return spring 32 for the shutter 20 allows the return spring 32 to be of a maximum length which allows increased control of the forces generated by the return spring 32.

Automatic guided vehicle (AGV) road system generation and modification are fully integrated and incorporated as part of facility planning. The plant facility planning computer system and the AGV computer system mutually share navigation and plant layout information, as well as AGV road system and floor layout modifications. The facility planning computer is also capable of receiving AGV position i...

PURPOSE:To prevent sticking and clogging of molten Al to inner face of a nozzle hole and to stably inject the molten metal by arranging a ceramic tube having bad wettability to the molten Al as penetrating state at lower end part of a graphite-made vessel body. CONSTITUTION:The molten Al 111 contained in the graphite-made vessel body 2 is injected into cooling liquid 105 in a rotating drum 101 fro...

A masonry cement is prepared by dry mixing Portland cement, diatomaceous earth and a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite. Accordingly, the crushed limestone and other ingredients previously included in masonry cements for admixture with Portland cement can be completely eliminated and substituted by diatomaceous earth and water-swellable colloidal clay. In this manner, a combination ...

A heat-curable adhesive composition comprising a mixture of substantially solid particles of a first reactive component with separate substantially solid particles of at least a second reactive component, the first and second reactive components being capable of reacting together to effect curing when the composition is heated to the curing temperature and the particles having a size distributuion...

Rubber-reinforcing fibrous materials are disclosed, which each comprise fibers and a coat formed on the fibers. The coat is formed by applying a rubbery adhesive composition on the fibers and then thermally treating the rubbery adhesive composition-applied fibers. The rubbery adhesive composition is mainly composed of rubber latex and mixed with a bismaleimide compound at a mixing ratio of 0.25 to...

A water-resistant support material for light-sensitive materials is disclosed, which is coated on one side or two sides with a polyolefin resin. At least the polyolefin resin of the front-side coating is a copolymer of ethylene and a non-ethylene alpha -olefin. This copolymer allows to add to the coating mass a high content in light-reflecting white pigment.

An admixture of benzyl alcohol and hydroxy benzene is disclosed, for use in the bonding together of polyamide articles. In embodiments, the mixture comprises 5 to 50% by weight of benzyl alcohol, 20 to 90% by weight of phenol and 5 to 30% by weight of polyamide. In other embodiments, the mixture comprises 20 to 60% by weight of benzyl alcohol, 20 to 60% by weight of ortho-dihydroxy benzene and 20 ...

A highly transparent film having high strength, suitable extensibility, high weather resistance, low moisture absorption and so on is disclosed, which consists mainly of EVAT. And also various laminates making the most of the above properties of the film are disclosed, which comprise the EVAT interposed between two inorganic material sheets, two organic material sheets, or an inorganic material sh...

Silicone resin powders are obtained by spray drying aqueous colloidal suspensions of organopolysiloxanes which are prepared by adding an alkoxysilane and/or a partial hydrolysate thereof and, if appropriate, mixed with an organo(poly)siloxane which is free of alkoxy groups and contains a maximum of 8 siloxane units per molecule, to water in the presence of an emulsifier at a maximum rate of 5 mole...