Molded products with improved rigidity and a manufacturing method in which hollow moldings formed from highly heat-resistant functional resin are filled with highly heat-resistant expandable thermoplastic resin particles which are then expanded and fused are provided. The invention is characterized by a manufacturing method for foam-reinforced molded products wherein a tubular body for introducing...

An electrical device for logic circuits having a package comprising a combination of controlled collapse electrical interconnections, such as solder balls and pin through-hole conductors, wherein the conductors are disposed outside the perimeter of an inter-array of solder balls, so as to provide an increased footprint for the electrical device beyond that, otherwise maximum footprint for solder b...

A process for forming a protective layer (14) on a fixed surface (12) such as a fixed metal or wood surface, to provide protection against abrasion, corrosion, heat and fire. The process comprises first preparing the surface of the article. On metal articles, the surface can be prepared by cleaning the surface and then exposing the surface to concentrated phosphoric acid. On wood, the surface can ...

A pallet comprises at least one relatively long, longitudinally extending stringer folded from a single sheet of corrugated paperboard material of a given cross-section, preferably trapezoidal, and two relatively short, transversely extending braces, each folded from a single sheet of corrugated paperboard of a similar cross-section, preferably inverted. The stringer has notches receiving portions...

A building material for structures, wall coverings, interior and exterior decoration in general, floor finishings and footways, consisting of a mixture of porous stone, cement, water and dyes, and characterised in that its basic component is the porous stone. Said material is produced in moulds and it has improved physical and mechanical properties with respect to the natural material.

PCT No. PCT/EP93/01488 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 8, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 8, 1995 PCT Filed Jun. 11, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/29432 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 22, 1994An anti-foam device for a bioreactor is provided consisting of a perforated plate, made by hydrophobic material, which rotates at the surface of the liquid culture medium contained in the bioreactor vessel, the perforated plate being perpendicul...

The present invention relates to a monolithic porous silico-calcium mass free from asbestos for filling gas vessels and containing inorganic synthetic fibres based on carbon as binder, characterized in that said carbon fibre has low thermal conductivity, is hydrophilic and has a rough surface.

Clothes washing machine with an improved control arrangement so as to increase the simplicity and the reliability of the overall circuitry in the machine. The electronic switch (Triac 19) controlling the driving motor (7, 8) of the rotating drum is used to also control the safety door interlock arrangement (2, 3), as well as the position and actuation contacts (11 and 10, resp.) of the inlet water...

A device for creating and analyzing larger symbolic representations without the limitations imposed by available resources of previous devices is disclosed. More specifically, a debugger for debugging a symbolic representation of a program is disclosed. The debugger comprising means for inputting a set of characteristics, means for linking the set of characteristics to the symbolic representation,...