A hygiene product, e.g. a tampon or a sanitary napkin, includes liquid-absorbing fibres in the form of a non-woven material. In addition to the liquid-absorbing fibres, the non-woven material incorporates, in at least one outer layer thereof, meltable fibres, which are fused together to form a net-like structure. The invention includes the method of manufacturing the novel product. In this method ...

Coatings for carbon electrodes used as anodes in the electrolysis of aluminum are disclosed. The coatings are applied as an aqueous system that contains zinc chloride and powdered alumina. Although both cheap to produce and easy to apply, these coatings, after drying, provide a meaningful level of protection to the anode, particularly as regards reaction with oxygen.

A method for manufacturing a plastic encapsulated semiconductor device and a lead frame therefor. An external lead of a lead frame extends to one side of a substrate support serving as a heat sink and supporting a semiconductor substrate, and strips of the lead frame extend to the other end of the substrate support. The external lead and strips are clamped by upper and lower molds for plastic enca...

The present invention concerns novel cholesteric liquid crystalline monomers and combinations thereof with materials that will support formation of a mixture which demonstrates cholesteric liquid crystalline properties. These materials may be formed as coatings, heated or cooled to a desired temperature to cause the cholesteric coating to exhibit a desired optical response, and photopolymerized to...

A reinforced resinous board comprises substantially straight reinforcing threads and a cushioning fibre assembly embedded in resin cured under pressure. Crossing threads which are desirably not woven but are in separate sheets or layers are cushioned from each other by the cushioning fibres. Fibre or filament threads not usually regarded as being adequately wetted by resin can be used in this way.

A bag support for a riding lawn mower grass collector includes a rectangular framework (2) attached to a mower (10) with grass directing hood (4). A grass bag (6) has a resilient frame (8) extending substantially around bag opening (40). A much larger leaf bag (80) has a resilient frame (82) extending substantially around bag opening (40'). Frames (8, 82) include three continuous coplanar sides an...

There is disclosed a mowing machine comprising at least a grass cutting blade, rotating about an axis substantially perpendicular to the ground and housed within a casing, open at the bottom and communicating with a cut grass conveying duct 15 for discharging the cut grass which comprises a movable wall 17 at the bottom tiltable towards the inlet mouth of a cut grass collecting vessel 3 effective ...

A lawn mower for a reel type lawn mower, and including mechanism for urging the bedknife cutting edge toward the reel and for positioning the bedknife cutting edge in the direction away from the reel, if desired. The cutting edge can be positioned either with a clearance or with no clearance, relative to the reel. The adjustment is automatic and consistently the same each time it is made.

A work platform and helicopter assembly for working on a high-voltage power line such as an EHV power line. A work platform comprising a rectangular base of electrically conductive material is disposed transversely across a pair of helicopter skid tubes that extend longitudinally beneath the helicopter fuselage. The work platform is attached to the skid tubes such that the skid tubes may be latera...

The adhesive composition or compound of the invention comprises an epoxy resin, a reactive diluent and a hardener, and at least one of said components contains fluorine atoms. The adhesive composition containing fluorine atoms, according to the invention, provides a cured or hardened composition having small refractive index due to the presence of fluorine atoms. The refractive index of the harden...

While the excitation voltage of an ink jet nozzle is swept on the logarithmic scale, the generation state of ink droplets at a phase theta k is examined. An excitation voltage value Vn generating an ink droplet of small diameter at the phase theta k, an excitation voltage value Vn generating an ink droplet of large diameter at the phase theta k, which is lower than vn, and an excitation voltage ...

A continuous stream type ink jet printhead utilizing constant thermal pulses to perturbate the ink streams emitted through a plurality of nozzles to break up the ink streams into droplets at a fixed distance from the nozzles whereat the drops are individually charged by a charging electrode in accordance with digitized data signals. Each printhead has a manifold, a plurality of ink channels commun...

Anthropomorphic phantoms for radiological testing, assessment and training are prepared by obtaining a radiograph of a body part to be simulated, translating the radiograph into densitometric data, translating the densitometric data into thickness data representing the thickness of a selected phantom material required to produce that density under conditions similar to those used to produce the or...

Method and apparatus for unidirectional irrigation of at least a portion of the gastrointestinal tract between a point of access thereto and a distant or remote point of the tract. The distal end of an irrigating tube is passed through a point of access to the gastrointestinal tract to a distant point in the tract beyond which irrigation is not desired. The irrigating tube has one or more aperture...

A reactive gas sensor which utilizes an electrically conductive polymer composite which comprises an inner layer of an electrically conductive polymer, intermediate layers of a polymer which exhibits a low degree of gas permeability, and protective outer layers of a polymer which exhibits a low degree of moisture permeability. The preferred polymers for the intermediate layers are ethylene vinyl a...

A sewage settling or septic tank is divided by at least one partition 3, 4 into chambers 7, 8, 9 which act in series on liquid flowing from inlet 12 to outlet 13. The chambers communicate by restricted openings 10, 11 to allow liquid flow while retaining solids mainly in chamber 7. Sludge is periodically pumped from chamber 7 by a pipe lowered through passage 4a, which an upward extension of parti...

An infection-resistant polymeric material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, for use on or within a human or animal body, for example, in the form of a vascular graft, can be prepared by an improved method which comprises the following sequence of steps: (a) soaking a polymeric material with a solution of an antimicrobial agent, such as sodium sulfadiazine, oxacillin dissolved in an organic solvent...

A fire resistant laminate resists flame spread and flame penetration therethrough. The laminate comprises (A) a solid, combustible lamina; and bonded to the lamina (A), a hard, thin, continuous layer (B) comprising an inorganic cementitious composition. Layer (B) is capable of maintaining its structural strength and dimensional stability with zero flame spread when exposed to a flame temperature o...

DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A MAIN PROCESSOR AND A CO-PROCESSOR AND CO-PROCESSOR ERROR HANDLING LOGIC In a data processing system including a main processor and a co-processor, a logic circuit is coupled to receive error and busy outputs of the co-processor to generate an interrupt output on co-incidence of active error and busy signals and to latch the busy signal to the main processor to en...

PCT No. PCT/DK88/00009 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 16, 1988 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 16, 1988 PCT Filed Jan. 20, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO88/05270 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 1988.A panty brief for holding a diaper comprises at least one holding part (10). According to the invention, the holding part is produced integrally with the front piece and/or the back piece. The holding part (10) may consist of threads (11) whi...