A pneumatic tire manufactured with a sector mold consisting of a plurality of arc-shaped segments comprises a plurality of island rows of ribs (9-12) or blocks (5-8) in its tread portion and sipes (13-15) formed in at least one island row. Among these sipes, the depth of a sipe located in the vicinity of a position of a tread surface corresponding to an edge of the arc-shaped segment is made shall...

A decanter centrifuge used for solid-liquid separation of a feed solution containing suspended solids. According to a preferred embodiment, plural number of clarified liquid discharge ports (4) are formed on a bowl-head (3) of a rotating bowl (1). On the other hand, a ring-shaped weir (5) is mounted on the bowl-head (3), coaxially has a ring-shaped overflow cavity communicating with each liquid di...

An apparatus for dispensing a liquid medium containing dissolved chlorine dioxide comprises a reservoir which defines a receptacle adapted for holding a precursor liquid medium having chlorine dioxide precursor dissolved therein and a tip assembly into which the precursor liquid medium passes after the precursor liquid exits the receptacle. The tip assembly comprises a chamber in which is located ...

A weighing system for computing the prices of articles purchased by customers includes cards (4) containing codes for discriminating the customers. The card (4) is inserted in a card reader (16) attached to an electronic scale (1), and the prices of articles weighed by the electronic scale (1) are totaled for each of the codes of the cards (4).

Fremgangsmåte for fremstilling av plastformlegemer vedinnføring av en forhåndsvarmet herdende harpikssammen-setning i en varmere form som er ved en temperatur som er høy nok til å initiere herding av harpiksen, og til-føre ytterligere harpiks under trykk for å kompenserefor krymping av sammensetningen, hvor den herdende har-piksen er en formulering omfattende en aromatisk gly-sidyleterepoksyharpik...

Polyvinyl chloride surfaces receive a well-adhering, water and ethanol resistant coating with good plasticizer sealing effect by varnishing with an aqueous dispersion of (meth)acrylate polymers that are synthesized from 10 to 90% by weight acrylic and/or methacrylic acid alkyl or cycloalkyl esters with 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the ester group, 90 to 10% by weight acrylic and/or methacrylic acid est...

Curable Composition A process for making a cured plastics moulding by introducing a pre-heated curable resin composition to a hotter mould which is at a temperature high enough to initiate curing of the resin, and supplying further resin under pressure to compensate for shrinkage of the composition wherein the curable resin is a formulation comprising an aromatic glycidyl ether epoxy resin, an ine...

A glass composition, containing barium oxide, which provides a source of leachable fluoride and which can be incorporated into a dental cement composition which, when cured, is radiopaque and translucent.

An improved mist lubricant composition and an improved mist lubrication process utilizing said improved lubrication composition is disclosed. The composition contains specific synthetic esters and a mixture of polyisobutylene polymers having different molecular weights. Synthetic esters employed in the composition are polyol esters, trimellitate esters, and polymeric fatty acid esters.

PCT No. PCT/GB93/02330 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 28, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 28, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 12, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/11315 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994.Metals have phosphates of low water solubility e.g. Cd, Pb, Cu, Mn, Sr, U, La, Pu, Am and Np, are removed from water by reaction with phosphate produced by enzymatically-cleaved polyphosphate which has been accumulated by one or more polyphosp...

An automatic dispenser for dispensing solid chemicals used in cleaning processes which includes (i) means for initiating dispensing of a concentrated chemical solution, (ii) means for forming a concentrated chemical solution, (iii) means for directing the concentrated chemical solution to its utilization point, (iv) means for measuring the conductivity and temperature of the concentrated chemical ...

The invention relates to an endoprosthesis which has at least one hollow structure implantable in a bone bed and provided with openings, the hollow structure containing a filling which promotes bone growth and comprises a material which forms a porous matrix and contains one or more peptide growth factors. Such a prosthesis displays improved settling-in behaviour and has a longer life.

PCT No. PCT/SE93/00837 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 21, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 21, 1995 PCT Filed Oct. 13, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/08636 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 1994A moisture-collecting device comprises an enclosure (12) with a fluid inlet (15), a fluid outlet (16) and a fluid passage (18) extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a moisture-absorbing body (17) disposed in the fluid pas...

A tripartite set for securing a prosthesis to a bone, namely, a proximal part (4) connected to the prosthesis and adapted to be received in a complementarily processed part of a marrow cavity; a distal part or tip (8) to be fixed in said marrow cavity in an advanced position; and a tie member (6) connecting said two parts, one end of said tie member extending at said tip (8) and forming a wedge bo...

The addition of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers containing 5 to 35 wt. % of ethylene oxy groups and molar masses of the polypropylene glycol block between 1500 and 3000 to dry, hydraulic binder materials results in reduced dust formation, improved wettability and enhanced flow properties of these materials when they are mixed with water.

Compounds represented by the general formula (I), wherein R<1> is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched hydrocarbon radical [wherein the number of carbon atoms in the longest straight chain of this hydrocarbon radical ranges from three to seven], or a radical of the formula -(CH2)n-Y [in which n is an integer from 0 to 4, when Y is a cyclohexyl radical, or n is an integer from 2 ...

The manufacturing method of an artificial stone comprises (a) mixing 100% silica sand, 70% feldspar powder, 6% stone powder, and an inorganic pigment, flux, sodium silicate, (b) homogeneously coating the surfaces of silica sand particles with this mixture by hot drying at 100-200 deg.C for 10-20 min., (c) press-molding the coated mixture to which sodium silicate is added according to quality and c...

Device for cutting a protective layer away from a material roll (16) of web-formed material, comprising a rotation device (13, 14) which rotates the roll. The rotation device includes at least two rotatable carrier rollers, on which the material roll is supported and is rotated. In this way the protective layer on the material roll is cut away from the roll during a cutting operation by means of a...

In a low floor railway vehicle with a stepless central passage in which adjacent coach bodies are connected to one another at one point so as to be spatially movable, a pair of wheels or wheel set being assigned to each end of a coach body and the pairs of wheels being connected to the pairs of wheels or to the wheel set of an adjacent coach body via a running gear frame or a bogey, and it being p...

A disposable absorbent article, such as a disposable diaper, having barrier leg cuffs. The barrier leg cuffs have a distal edge which is spaced from the proximal edge so as to provide a barrier against leakage. The barrier leg cuff has a portion affixed to the diaper so that the spacing between the barrier leg cuffs is increased in selected portions to reduce irritation of the genetalia and to pro...