A molded saddle for an electrode plate of a battery having a horizontal base plate and a flexible raised support plate portion for supporting legs of positive plates. When the molded saddle is attached to the inner bottom surface of a battery container, a large vertical space between an upper end portion of the flexible raised support plate portion and the inner surface of the bottom of the contai...

The present invention relates to an optical device with liquid crystals exhibiting two stable configurations respectively generating two flexoelectric polarisations having components normal to the electrodes of opposite senses and electrical power supply means able to apply to the device electric field pulses perpendicular to the plates, oriented selectively in one sense or in the other, according...

CO2 laser passed through longitudinally, in which the laser section comprises partial sections (12, 13, 14) arranged folded, at least three first partial sections forming a first laser section, at least three following partial sections forming a second laser section, and at least the first and second laser sections each being combined with a geometrical mid-plane region, with intermediate corner c...

La présente invention concerne une fixation de sécurité pour ski.
Cette fixation est caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte des moyens pour assurer une liaison, dans le sens transversal, entre la plaque d'appui (7) et la mâchoire (11), des moyens d'articulation de la mâchoire (11) sur la plaque d'appui (7) autorisant le pivotement de la mâchoire (11), par rapport à la plaque d'appui (7), aut...

L'invention concerne un procédé de contrôle de surface qui consiste à éclairer obliquement une partie d'une surface ronde extérieure (1A) d'un objet (1) à contrôler à l'aide d'une lumière diffusée dans une direction perpendiculaire à l'axe central (O) de l'objet, la surface ronde extérieure étant meulée dans sa direction circonférentielle; à capter la partie éclairée de la surface ronde extérie...

Expandable and expanded plastics material compositions having a majority of alkyl acrylate monomeric repeat units are disclosed. These compositions when expanded have a volume expansion of at least 60 and maintain that volume expansion for a period of at least 30 minutes under expansion conditions after reaching the volume expansion of 60. Expandable and expanded plastic materials having a majorit...

Περιγράφεται μία μέθοδος για την παρασκευή υδατικών αιωρημάτων, η οποία χαρακτηρίζεται από το γεγονός, ότι από ένα σε δεδομένη περίπτωση πολυφασικό μείγμα υγρών, απομακρύνονται τα υγρά με την βοήθεια απόσταξης μεμβράνης.ω; A process is described for the production of aqueous dispersions involving removal of liquid(s) from an optionally multiphase liquid mixture by means of membrane distillation, e...

Magnetisable composite microspheres made up of a core consisting of magnetisable fillers distributed uniformly in a lattice of a polysilsesquioxane (SiVi) containing ethylenic unsaturations and a skin made of a crosslinked organosilicon polymer derived from the hydrosilylation of an organohydropolysiloxane (SiH) with the ethylenically unsaturated groups of the polysilsesquioxane SiVi. They ar...

The present invention relates to a method and system for the remote ordering of merchandise and for making them available at a specified vending place. The method is characterised in that it consists in particular in carrying out the ordering of merchandise by server (13) or telephone (14) by previously transmitting to the computer device (1) at least the client's number and the time at which the ...

An electronic pricing system (10), for example for use in department stores, comprises a central computer (14), a wireless transmitter (30), a plurality of electronic pricing modules (34), and an IR communication terminal (36). The computer (14) containing information about various goods may transmit such information to the relevant pricing modules (34) via the transmitter (30) by means of the IR ...

A superconducting motor (1) comprises a stator (3) and a rotor (5), both of which employ superconductive windings. The rotor includes two sets of windings, a large rotor winding (13) and a small rotor winding (15). The windings are connected to form a current loop (16) which is exposed to a magnetic field. Switches (S1, S2) or diodes (D1, D2) are employed to trap a maximum number of magnetic flux ...

Crosslinked plasticized or unplasticized PVC products having gradient crosslinking density, with a high crosslinking density on the outer surface and a low or none crosslinking density at the bulk of the product, are prepared by immersing the PVC product in a hot water solution of a crosslinking material and a phase transfer catalyst. The products obtained provide controlled release of substances ...

An improved posttreated prosthetic device molded from a synthetic bioabsorbable polymer is disclosed. The improvement comprises the device molded at a temperature above about 70 DEG C. A process for manufacturing a molded prosthetic device is also disclosed.

A method of forming beam leads on an insulating substrate comprises forming a conductive layer (42) on the substrate (41) and over an aperture (44) therein, forming a patterned photoresist (43) on both sides of the conductive layer by simultaneous exposure, partially etching the conductive layer, forming a protective layer (47) on one surface of the partially etched layer and completing the etchin...

Process for in-situ detoxification of groundwater contaminated by polluting compounds such as nitrates, pesticides, chlorinated solvents, pyralenes, mineral oils, various anthropogenic organochemical compounds, characterised by confinement in a part of the aquifer, by production of hydraulic gradients, of a reaction zone (AB) within which there are monitored at the same time: the presence of micro...

Composition for a mortar which is used as a binder in the construction and building field. The mortar is used more particularly for roughcasting ashlar, the repair and reproduction of stone, and for the restoration of facades. The mixture is especially made up of stone sand, hydraulic lime, hydraulic cement, synthetic adjuvants, surfactants and colorants. The mixture is packaged in sacks with a vi...

Le béton selon l'invention contient (pour 1 m3 ):
- 250 à 400 kg de ciment
- 120 à 140 kg d'eau
- 1000 à 1300 kg d'hématite 0/1 mm
- 900 à 1000 kg d'hématite 0/5 mm
- 1700 à 1800 kg d'hématite 8/25 mm,
et, le cas échéant, des adjuvants jusqu'à 2% en poids du ciment, la densité de ce béton étant supérieure à 4.

A method of forming a chamfered and sealed end on a spiral wound plastic pipe of the type including at least a pair of radially spaced circumferential side walls connected by an intermediate wall which joins generally radially between the side walls and extends in a helical path axially of the pipe. The method includes determining the desired axial length of the chamfer and removing the intermedia...

A razor assembly of the wet-shave type comprising a razor handle, a head portion extending from the razor handle, the head portion having therein a cavity therein. A spring retention chamber disposed in the handle portion, and a spring member comprising a foot portion retained by the spring retention chamber, a stem portion connected at a first end to the foot portion, the stem portion extending f...

A data processing system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main memory unit, and input/output (I/O) sockets, each adapted to receive a selected one of a plurality of different and/or similar option cards. Each card contains (or is connected to) and controls a respective peripheral device, and each card is pre-wired with an ID value corresponding to its card type. Programmable option regi...