STORAGE BATTERY AND METHOD OF CONNECTING CASE SEALED TERMINALS TO INTERNAL ELECTRODE PLATES In this invention, lead based battery terminal units are molded in a fluid tight manner into the main body of a polypropylene battery case so that only the outer ends of the terminal units are external to the case. The terminal units have elongated straps internal of the case slotted to receive the projecti...

The invention relates to a method for fixing toxic or nontoxic waste material, in which method the waste material is allowed to absorb into an organic absorbent, the waste material-containing absorbent thus obtained is treated with an occluding agent and the resulting product is mixed with a hydraulic binder and a hardening activator in order to form a cement matrix. The occluding agent used in pr...

A process and apparatus is disclosed for the fabrication of press plates hardened by the use of plasma ion nitriding techniques to produce wear resistant decorative laminate containing alumina grit while improving associated press plate useful life. The application of this process to press plates having exacting final microfinish requirements is possible due to the determination of interdependanci...

A process and apparatus is disclosed for the fabrication of press plates hardened by the use of plasma ion nitriding techniques to produce wear resistant decorative laminate containing alumina grit while improving associated press plate useful life. The application of this process to press plates having exacting final microfinish requirements is possible due to the determination of interdependanci...

A process and apparatus is disclosed for the fabrication of press plates hardened by the use of plasma ion nitriding techniques to produce wear resistant decorative laminate containing alumina grit while improving associated press plate useful life. The application of this process to press plates having exacting final microfinish requirements is possible due to the determination of interdependanci...

A covering for an architectural opening such as a window or door is in the form of a vertically oriented fabric assembly having front and rear sheer fabrics (10,12) interconnected by vertically extending vanes (14). The vanes (14) can be tilted through a series of carriers (20) mounted on a track rail (26) from which the covering is suspended in order to adjust the spacing between the fabrics (10,...

A structure for absorbing and transporting a liquid. The structure includes a masking layer having from 0 to about 90 weight percent shaped fibers and a distribution layer having from 100 to about 10 weight percent shaped fibers.

An ink-jet recording apparatus, having a printer that performs recording by jetting ink from a recording head according to recording data, comprises a plurality of signal lines that supply the recording data to the printer and are connected to a host for controlling the printer, and an information transfer unit for transferring the information to the host. Herein, the plurality of signal lines inc...

An ink jet recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium by using a recording head for discharging the ink, comprising a heater provided in said recording head and a resistor provided externally of said recording head to determine the resistance of said heater provided in said recording head, thereby selecting the drive conditions of said recording head.

In known analyzers, test elements are supplied in the form of a stack retained in a cartridge. However, the presence of the cartridge has proved to be not entirely satisfactory due to their expense, the difficulty in determining when they are "empty", and also the problems associated with supplying lables giving the correct information relating to the test elements in a particular cartridge. Descr...

A stack of plastic articles and a process of forming the stack are disclosed. Preferably the stack is of heat-fusible plastic slide elements for use in a diagnostic analyzer, the elements being temporarily and non-destructively fused together so that the stack can be used free of a cartridge. In another embodiment, the stack can be of any plastic article temporarily fused to adjacent elements, one...

A process is described for producing TiO2-containing pellets, in which process metatitanic acid or orthotitanic acid without additives is treated at from 120 to 250 DEG C and from 2 to 40 bar for from 0.1 to 30 h in the presence of water and is then dried, and in which process the hydrothermally treated product is then pelletised in a pelletising apparatus with the addition of water, and the pelle...

Test elements for use in clinical analyzers are usually assembled from a number of components which have fairly complex shapes and then bonded together using ultrasonic welding techniques. This requires careful assembly to provide adequate bonding. Described herein is a novel slide test element (10) and a method of its manufacture. The test element (10) comprises a frame member (20) having a reces...

A novel slide test element and method of making are described. Both feature a lip coined in the sidewall of a recess shaped in a frame member to hold the reaction member bearing the detecting reagents. The lip then overhangs the reaction member, once assembled. Assembly occurs by bending the frame member with the lip facing outwardly, thus forcing the lip to part a distance sufficient to allow the...

A cellular phone having a fixed calling capacity limiting use of the phone to emergency situations. Two call sequences are stored in memory permitting telephonic communication with only the two fixed sites associated with the two call sequences. Telephonic communication must be effectuated with a first fixed site, and then terminated, prior to effectuation of telephonic communication with a second...

The invention relates to a device for the processing of a plurality of fiber slivers, in particular a drawing frame with drawing-in cylinders for joint feeding of the fiber slivers to the device. A funnel with a passage opening is provided in the device to unite the fiber slivers into a fiber sliver amalgam as the fiber slivers go through the funnel (1). The cross-sectional area of the passage ope...

An electrical hand-held mixer unit has a housing containing a motor (6) with a worm and pinion transmission (16) that has a power take of point (18) and a coupling (12). The top section is formed with a handgrip (34) and a switch actuator in inset (36). By turning the switch actuator the mixing output shaft may be rotated at high speed. A spring returns the actuator when released. For continuous o...

a) Jaw for a vice for universal applications, particularly on numerical control machines. b) Jaw characterised in that the jaws (4, 5) include drillings (7) distributed on the surface of the jaw with a patterned spacing, these drillings being designed for fixing limit stop studs (11).

A track maintenance machine (1) has undercarriages (3) at either end of a machine frame (2), a track-lifting device (14), a vertically adjustable endless track undercarriage (8) and a device (18) for treating the ballast bed. The track-lifting device (14) has lifting rollers (17) which are rotatable about a vertical axis (78) for positive-locking connection with the rails (6) during the continuous...

An electromagnetically actuatable injection valve, including a nozzle with a shaped end face in combination with a perforated plate through which the fuel flows. The nozzle injection valve has an injection chamber which is defined by a downstream terminal face of the valve closing element and by the perforated plate which is spaced from the nozzle and provided with injection ports. The geometrical...