A tire building machine and method utilizes an annular rotatable expandable drum or deck (12). Associated with each deck edge is a bladder assembly (17, 18) which, when inflated, causes the portion of the tire material overlapping the deck edge (15, 16) to fold back upon itself at such edge to form a folded edge, as in a belt folding machine, or to wrap around a bead, as in a tire building machine...

A texture measuring method which picks up an image produced by rays of light emitted from a light source and passed through a sheet of paper having a required area with a camera, displays the image as a transmission light image on a display of an image processor, performs image processing on the transmission light image displayed on the display so as to determine a texture coefficient and to quant...

REWETTABLE POLYOLEFIN FIBER AND CORRESPONDING NONWOVENS A method for imparting hydrophilic properties to nonwoven material containing hydrophobic fiber or fibrillated film, in which a wettability modifying composition comprising a polyalkoxylated secondary or tertiary fatty acid amine is compounded into the molten polyolefin-containing composition prior to spinning or casting, optionally in combin...

A method for producing powder by atomizing a stream of molten material by contact with a swirling annular gas stream having an angular to axial velocity ratio sufficient to cause some of the gas to flow in the axially opposite direction from that of the gas stream.

Fines or other particles of water swellable polymeric material are converted into a gel mass by absorbing an aqueous solution of a cross linking agent into the fines, cross linking occurs between the cross linking agent and pendant groups in the polymer, and the mass is dried and comminuted. The polymer is preferably a cross linked sodium acrylate polymer and the cross linking agent is preferably ...

A pap smear inspection apparatus and method for automated screening of cytological smears for dense, possibly malignant cells. A specimen slide is provided for receiving a cytological smear. A microscope is provided for enlarging the image of the smear. The microscope is further provided with a mechanical stage having the ability to be controlled by an external computer. In addition, the microscop...

La pompe de l'invention, utilisable par exemple pour caoutchouc non vulcanisé, comporte une vis 21 gavant un cylindre 11 au travers de lumières 12, et un piston de refoulement 10 repoussant le caoutchouc au travers d'un clapet anti-retour 15. Une telle pompe est volumétrique.; A volumetric pump, partic. for non-vulcanised rubber comprises at least one delivering piston (10) sliding in a cylinder (...

(A) Thee antibodies CP-91,243 and CP-91,244 represented by the formula (III) and their cationic salts are new. In the formula, R is H or CH3, respectively for CP-91,243 and CP-91,244. - (B) a mutant of the microorganism Actinomadura resorufan, the microorganism having the identifying characteristics of ATCC 53666 or a further mutant, transformant or recombinant of such, capable of producing, by cu...

This invention relates to novel acidic polycyclic ether antibiotics CP-91,243 and CP-91,244 of the formula wherein R is H in CP-91,243 and R is CH3 in CP-91,244. The invention also relates to novel Actinomadura roseorufa microorganisms; processes for producing the novel antibiotics and the known antibiotic UK-58,852; methods for controlling coccidial infections in poultry, enteritis in livestock a...

A stable 1,2-dioxetane of the formula: where R1, R2, and R3 are passive organic groups that allow the dioxetane to decompose and produce light when Z and Y are removed, with the proviso that R1 and R2 may be joined to form a cyclic moiety, Z is a first protecting group that can be removed by a first deprotecting process, Y is a second protecting group that can be removed by a second deprote...

A method of producing self-supporting ceramic structures (12) comprising (i) a polycrystalline oxidation reaction product formed upon oxidation of a molten parent metal (14) with an oxidant, and (ii) interconnected porosity (13) at least partially accessible from one or more surfaces (15) of said ceramic body. A second polycrystalline ceramic material is incorporated into the porosity of said cera...

A therapeutic bed which comprises: (a) a trolley frame (1) (b) an attitude frame (3) pivotably mounted on the trolley frame so as to be pivotable through a predetermined arc about an axis extending longitudinally of the bed, (c) operating means for causing the attitude frame to pivot in one direction and then the other through said predetermined arc, (d) air sacs (14) supported on said attitud...

14 Process for the production of clinkers : In a process for the production of clinkers from sludges containing heavy metals, especially electroplating sludges, river and/or harbor sludges, in which the sludges are mixed with clay, especially brickyard clay, and optionally lean materials and fluxing materials and then are burned to clinkers especially at temperatures between 750 and 1150.degree.C,...

RD-19207 RTV SILICONES HAVING BIS(UREIDO) SILANES CHAIN EXTENDERS AND AMINOXY SILOXANE CROSSLINKERS A moisture curable solventless organopolysiloxane composition is provided useful as an adherent construction sealant. Improved cure rate, higher elongation at break values and lower modulus RTVs are achieved by using a bis (ureido)silane as a coupler and an aminoxysiloxane as a crosslinker for a sil...

"A method for forming a lining on a metallurgical vessel, a composition and a machine for the application of said method" The method for forming a lining on the internal faces (2) of a metallurgical vessel (1) for receiving molten metal involves the following steps : a) at least one movable wall (3) is positioned at a predetermined distance from the internal face (2) of said vessel, b) a compositi...

The invention relates to fluorinated biphenyl derivatives of formula I I wherein R1 denotes an alkyl residue with up to 12 carbon atoms wherein one or two non-ad-jacent CH2-groups may also be replaced by -O-, -O-CO-, -CO-O- and/or -CH=CH-, m is 0 or 1, and X is -OCF3, -OCHF2 or, if m denotes 1, also F, CF3 or NCS.

The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article, such as a disposable diaper, incontinence guard or sanitary towel. The invention is characterized in that the absorbent pad includes at least two mutually different superabsorbents, the absorption properties of which with respect to their absorption rate and liquid-retention ability respectively differ essentially from one another.