A vehicle brake (10) comprising a brake yoke (12) provided with a brake lining (20) for braking engagement with a brake disc (54). According to the invention, the brake lining (20) is provided with a side which faces radially inwards for braking engagement with a peripheral surface (56) of the brake disc (54) by movement of the brake yoke (12) in a radial plane relative to the brake disc.

A method in a pneumatic material conveying system, such as in a waste conveying system, said conveying system comprising at least one feed point (61) of material, particularly waste material; a material conveyor pipe (100) that is connectable to the feed point (61); and a separator device (20), where the material to be conveyed is separated from the conveyor air; as well as means (3) for creating ...

Oil sands and like host materials are leached with a selected leachant to render pumpable the oil (including heavy oil, bitumen or kerogen and asphaltenes) a s leachate. In a preferred embodiment, natural deposits are in situ leached an d the leachate recovered and removed for treatment. The leachant is separated and recycled. The leachant is selected to be biodegradable and to not precipate aspha...

The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating at least one T cell-dependent immune response using an inhibitor of ATP-mediated T cell activation, such as oxidized ATP, for therapeutic and research purposes.

A pneumatic brake system for a heavy duty vehicle is provided. The heavy dut y vehicle has at least one source of pressurized air for pressurizing the brak e system, at least one spring brake chamber including a spring brake assembly, and at least one service brake chamber including a service brake assembly. The brake syst em includes a first control valve, a second control valve and a work brake ...

A communication apparatus, a method, and a tangible machine-readable medium thereof for processing ranging interference of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The communication apparatus comprises a receiving unit, a processing unit, and a mask generating unit. The receiving unit receives the OFDM signal having a plurality of OFDM symbols. The processing unit estimates a d...

A wood-fired furnace which heats water for commercial use and provides heat is disclosed. The furnace SMG blue flame is distinguished from the others due to its filling by the side, and of which has the great advantage of being able to roll the wood logs therein the combustion chamber. Thus, there is no risk of flames-back by opening the door, nor to damage the interior of the furnace while drawin...

A method of determining user-selections from at least one touch at a touch- sensitive input surface of an electronic device includes determining a first user-selection based on touch attributes, detecting changes in the touch attributes including a change in size and a change in the location, and determining a second user-selection based on a direction of the change in location.

The synthesis of stable, water-soluble tris and tetrakis aminium dyes. Mor e particularly, carboxylic-acid modified tris and tetrakis dye intermediates, as well as salts and near-infrared dyes formed therefrom, as well as compositions including the dyes.

Toilets have been around a long time and havent been changed much in the recent past. It was thought that they worked alright so why bother. But with the shortage of water it was apperant that the time had come, being as wasteful of water as they are. Many ideas have been put forth to save water in toilets and worked well,but some are very costly to build. If a flush of about 3 litres were used pe...

The present invention describes a process for preparing glycerin ethers which can be used as oxygenated components for gasoline and diesel, in particular mono, di and tri sec-butyl, 2-sec-pentyl and 3-sec-pentyl ethers. These ethers are new and are a further object of the present invention, as also the compositions of fuel or components of fuel containing them.

Process for the preparation of hydroperoxides of alkylbenzenes characterized by the fact that the alkylbenzene reacts with oxygen in the presence of a catalytic system which includes an N-hydroxyimide or an N-hydroxysulfamide and a polar solvent.