A non-woven mat useful for a wide variety of purposes, including forming reinforced resin products, is produced in a manner having different specific uses of, and advantages over, conventional chopped strand mats and conventional glass tissue. The mat is preferably made by the foam process (but may be made by the liqui d process), and at speeds well in excess of 60 m./min., and has a substantially...

A turbine nozzle (20) includes a mid vane (24) mounted between a pair of e nd vanes (26) in outer and inner bands (28,30). The mid vane (24) includes a first pattern of film cooling holes (56,58,60) configured to discharge more cooling air th an each of the two end vanes having respective second patterns of film cooling holes (56,58).

SISTEMA E MéTODO PARA A COLETA PRECISA DE DADOS DE OPINIãO DE USUáRIO FINAL PARA PLICATIVOS EM UMA REDE SEM FIO Um sistema, método e programa de computador para coletar opiniões de usuário final de aplicativos e dados em uma rede de comunicação sem fio. O sistema (100) identifica o usuário final que baixou software aplicativos e/ou dados para um dispositivos sem fio (106) e coleta a opinião de usu...

MéTODO DE REALIZAçãO DE TRANSAçõES FINANCEIRAS ENTRE CONTAS SUMMA E SISTEMA PARA A REALIZAçãO DE TRASAçõES FINANCEIRAS ENTRE USUáRIOS DE CONTA SUMMA Trata-se de um méotdo de execução de transaçoes financeiras entre usuários de contas Summa, sendo que cada conta Summa inclui um sistema de envio de mensagens eletrónicas que proporciona o crédito e o débito de pelo menos uma conta financeira associad...

A fluid coupling having an outer housing with an internal bore, an O-ring fitted within the bore, a spacer bushing fitted against the O-ring, a gripper ring fitted against the axially outer side of the spacer ring, the gripper ring having axially and radially inwardly protruding circumferentially spaced gripping teeth, and an end bushing holding the gripper ring, spacer bushing, and O-ring within ...

A bifocal multiorder diffractive lens having a lens body with one or more first regions having a first multiorder diffractive structure providing near vision correction, and one or more second regions having a second multiorder diffractive structure providing distance vision correction, in which the lens defines an aperture divided between the first and second regions. The lens body may be provide...

A powder feeding assembly for feeding a flame-melting device is disclosed. The powder feeding assembly includes a powder holding chamber with a screening member and a brush assembly disposed therein. The brush assembly includes at least one bristle element having a distal and a proximal end. The distal end is disposed proximate to the screening member. Powder held in the powder holding chamber is ...

An organic light-emitting display has a first pattern overlapping with one first electrode portion which overlaps with the via-hole. The first pattern is protruded upward as compared with the first electrode. The other first electrode portion on which the first pattern is not formed is exposed. An emission layer is located on the first electrode. A second pattern may be further formed around the f...

Disclosed is a pressing sensing technology of a self-running robot, comprising a pressing sensing unit for sensing pressing on the top of the self-running robot and a microprocessor for controlling driving of the self-running robot in accordance with the sensing signal from the pressing sensing unit to enable the self-running robot to escape from an area where the pressing has occurred. Accordingl...

A sensor dispensing instrument comprises a housing, a sensor pack, a sensor, and a knife blade assembly. The sensor pack is disposed within the housing and has a sensor cavity and a protective covering. The sensor is disposed within the sensor cavity. The knife blade assembly is operably disposed within the housing and has a serrated edge for cutting the protective covering.

The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the contact and/or interaction of a catheter with the tissue of a patient, said catheter being positioned in a vessel of the patient, especially in the bloodstream of the patient. The aim of the invention is to help provide better detection of such contact or to make it possible to provide certain information during an ablation procedure...

"DISPOSIçãO CONSTRUTIVA INTRODUZIDA EM DISPOSITIVO LOCALIZADOR DE NIPLES EM COLUNAS DE PRODUçãO DE PETRóLEO", compreendido por um mandril (1) de formato cilíndrico provido de uma série de dentes (2) escalonados em uma de suas extremidades, sendo que na outra localiza-se a bolsa (3) do niple (4), na medida em que a mola helicoidal (5) recua sob a ação dos pesos pendurados na linha de arame, de modo...

Sistema de rastreamento de um carro ferroviário.Um método e um sistema para o rastreamento de um carro ferroviário (22) apresentando um sistema de comunicação (12) embarcando incluindo um sistema para a determinação da localização (24, 33) e um transceptor (26) para receber e para transmitir os dados do carro ferroviário. O sistema de comunicação incluindo um processador (28) que agem em resposta ...

In a method for electronic tuning of the frequency of the read oscillation to the frequency of the stimulation oscillation in a Coriolis gyro, the resonator of the Coriolis gyro has a disturbance force applied to it such that the stimulation oscillation remains essentially uninfluenced. The read oscillation is changed so that a read signal that represents the read oscillation contains a correspond...

To prevent lowering and unstableness of magnetic force and trouble caused by influence of muddy water or the like entered between the magnetic encoder ( 21 ) and a magnetic sensor ( 6 ), a sealing apparatus ( 4 ) comprises an approximately C-shaped protecting annular member ( 11 ) fitted to one of an inner member ( 1 ) and an outer member ( 2 ), a first encoder member ( 12 ) having a cylinder port...

A twister and sit-up combination exerciser has a base, two V-shaped levers each having a front end with a grip and a read end, a supporting frame adjustably attached to the rear ends of the levers, and at least one twister rotatably mounted on the base. The two V-shaped levers are pivotally attached to the base to provide a sit-up auxiliary structure. By combining the twister with the sit-up auxil...

A method and apparatus for treating a body tissue in situ (e.g., an atrial tissue of a heart to treat) atrial fibrillation include a lesion formation tool is positioned against the heart surface. The lesion formation tool includes a guide member having a tissue-opposing surface for placement against a heart surface. An ablation member is coupled to the guide member to move in a longitudinal path r...

The invention provides a thermally foamable micro-sphere whose shell is formed of a polymer that is obtained by the polymerization of a polymerizable monomer and a crosslinkable monomer at a proportion of greater than 1% by weight up to 5% by weight based on the polymerizable monomer and which has a maximum expansion ratio of at least 5. The invention also provides a process for the production of ...

A module ( 38 ), a terminal ( 12 ) including the module, and a system ( 10 ) including the terminal ( 12 ), are described. The module may be a printer module ( 38 ) comprising a print engine ( 60 ), a microcontroller ( 62 ), and a wireless receiver ( 66 ), such as a wireless modem, so that the module ( 38 ) is operable to receive data from a remote server ( 18 ) and to print the received data. The...

A novel communications system is provided, including a plurality of user terminals capable of communication using a predetermined communication software program and accessible to Internet, and an administrator server on line with Internet, wherein each of the user terminals is capable of transmitting a character message comprising character information for designating a character, action informati...