The present invention relates to a transport device for transporting sheets ( 2 ) in a plant comprising a high-speed printer which is provided for printing the sheets ( 2 ) or a continuous web which is cut to sheets ( 2 ). The transport device includes at least one vacuum means ( 9 b) having at least one vacuum opening ( 9 c , 9 d) and at least one conveyor belt ( 9 a) with vacuum holes ( 9 e) whi...

A laryngeal airway device includes an air tube with proximal and distal ends, and a sealing member attached to the distal end of the air tube. The sealing member includes an anterior surface adapted to seat in the throat, against the hyoid bone, and to stretch the laryngeal inlet. A hole extends through the anterior surface and the sealing member and communicates through an air passage with the di...

"ENCAPSULAMENTO DE ATUADOR DE VáLVULA A SOLENóIDE". Trata-se de um solenóide aperfeiçoado (10) que tem um culatra completamente envolvente (60) com uma tampa de extremidade e uma luva (64) integrantes. Uma segunda tampa de extremidade, distinta, alternativamente integrante (66) com uma luva (78) é apresentada para completar a culatra magnética (60). O conjunto de culatra/bobina (60, 40) é encapsul...

There is provided an engaging mechanism of a system in which the flange-like protrusion at the portable equipment is engaged with or locked to an engaging part at a belt clip, wherein both fitting and removing for the portable equipment are simplified. The system such that the flange 5 at the portable equipment 1 is constituted by the disc 6 and the annular frame 7, the protrusion 8 directed inwar...

This invention presents the process of direct laser casting of copper alloys: Cu-X (where X=Ni, Fe, W;) and their composites Cu-Y and Cu-X-Y (Y=WC, TiC, Ti+C) from powders prepared using mechanical mixing and ball milling processes. Since the metallic powder is combined with a low melting point Cu metal, which has good thermal and electrical conductivity, the combination allows the powder mixture ...

As embodied and broadly described herein, the invention provides an electrode test strip. The electrochemical electrode test strip comprises an insulating base plate, a electrode system on the base plate, a spacer which partially covers the electrode system and a channel trench with a constant width is formed thereof, a reactive film, and a cover on the spacer with an first opening thereof. Wherei...

A DNA construct comprising:(1) a selective marker gene,(2) a galactose-inducible growth inhibition sequence,(3) a pair of FRT sequences in the same orientation flanking (1) and (2), and(4) a DNA fragment capable of recombining with a yeast chromosomal DNA located at each end of (3),wherein said FRT sequences contain the following sequence: 5'-GAAGTTCCTATAC TTTCTAGA GAATAGGAACTTC-3' (SEQ ID NO: 1)o...

A system and method for controlling the movement of a cursor on a monitor screen are provided. The system comprising at least one remote control unit having a plurality of push buttons for remotely controlling the moving direction of the cursor on the monitor screen; at least one light emitting element for emitting light that indicates a signal generated by the remote control unit; a light detecto...

A method and system of using exposure control to inspect a surface, such as a wafer. One inspection system comprises charge coupled devices (CCDs) as detectors. The exposure control function of each CCD is used to adjust integration times on individual taps of the CCD such that light scattered from the surface, which may contain multiple scattering regions, is within a dynamic range of the CCD dur...

Types of defects on a wafer are discriminated according to defect measurements obtained from a wafer inspection system which includes a plurality of dark field detectors. Using the wafer measurement system, it is determined whether first, second and third conditions are satisfied. The first condition is when a size of a defect on the wafer measured by the wafer inspection system is smaller than a ...

Method and system for compensating for a segment length of one or more of three consecutive mark and space segments utilized in a computer system. The three segments are received at a first pre-processor, the first segment is separated and issued separately from the remaining two segments, and the first segment length is compared with a permitted range of lengths. If the first segment length is no...

A tyre drum has a central shaft, two ring segments around the shaft and spaced apart for supporting bead cores and, on either side outside of the ring segments, sets of axially extending arms having free ends with first turn-up means, particularly a turn-up roller, opposite second ends hinged to an axially shiftable arm support and, near the free end, a tyre component support roller rotatable on t...

Pharmaceutical formulations comprise a mono- or di-aminopyridine active agent for administration on a once- or twice-daily basis for use in t he treatment of neurological diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The formulations, which are suitable for oral or percutaneous administration of the active agent, include the active agent in a carrier effective to permit relea...

"COMPOSIçãO DE Pó DE FERRO INCLUINDO UM LUBRIFICANTE TIPO AMIDA E MéTODO PARA PREPARá-LO". A presente invenção refere-se a uma composição de pó para compactação a morno, compreendendo um pulverizado com base em ferro e pó lubrificante, consistindo essencialmente em uma amida descrita pela seguinte fórmula D-C~ m~-B-A-B-C~ m~-D, em que D é -H, COR, CNHR, em que R é um grupo aromático ou alifático, ...

A system for conducting a financial transaction over a payment network is disclosed, which system includes a micropayment system interfaced with the payment network for allowing identification of the transaction as a micropayment transaction and allowing, at the option of the cardholder, repudiation of the micropayment transaction automatically by crediting the cardholder's account the amount of t...

Disclosed is a power transmission apparatus of motor vehicles which has an engine and an electric rotary machine. The power transmission apparatus has an engine, a gear change apparatus, an electric rotary machine to which a power is transmitted via the gear change apparatus, and a clutch provided between an input shaft and an output shaft of the gear change apparatus and adjusting a transmission ...

A method and apparatus are provided for radiation treatment on a patient by use fiber laser and/or a tunable laser, a tunable fiber laser being used for preferred embodiments. Wavelength may be controlled to control depth of penetration and/or radiation absorption and may be scanned to scan depth of penetration.

A novel flow deflector employed in a fluidized bed reactor for olefin polymerization is disclosed, which is installed on the entry conduit of the reactor, comprising an annular plate and a cone plate and providing at least three paths for the recycle stream to enter the mixing chamber, thereby permitting all the liquid and/or solid material to achieve a more complete and uniform mixing.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing smooth-surface spherical microparticles which are completely or partially made of at least one water-insoluble linear polysaccharide. This method involves dissolving the at least one water-insoluble linear polysaccharide in a solvent or a mixture of solvents, introducing the solution into a precipitation agent or a mixture of precipitation ag...

The process comprises, (a) adding to a polymerizable composition containing a component A comprising at least one silane compound containing at least one epoxy group and at least two alkoxy groups directly bonded to the Si atom of the molecule or hydrolysate thereof and a component B comprising fine particles of silica, an effective amount of at least one cationic photopolymerization initiator and...