2106578 9216153 PCTABS00016 A device (100) for extracting a member from a relatively inaccessible location comprises a catheter (102) and wires (101) made of a material having a thermomechanical storage mermory characteristic, e.g. a titanium nickelide composition; the wires are passed into the location with a cross-section similar to that of the catheter and are then heated by a power supply (103...

A communication network includes a network management device, and a plurality of communication devices connected, via master lines and spare lines, to each other so that a network composed of the communication devices is formed. Information is transferred on the master lines in a normal state in which no error has been occurred in the communication devices. The network management device is connect...

HOE 91/F 084 of the disclosure Process for separating catalysts from suspensions by filtration The process for separating off rare metal catalysts used in the preparation of ether-carboxylic acids by catalytic oxidation with a suspended catalyst comprises carrying out a crossflow filtration and pretreating the filter elements used with a medium which is not solid under the treatment conditions and...

2106393 9216253 PCTABS00016 A method for surgically enlarging an arterial lumen totally occluded by a stenotic lesion, and a unique balloon catheter used during that operation. The balloon catheter (70) is generally rod-shaped and includes an elongated tubular member (76) having a double central lumen with a proximal end and a distal end and a balloon (74) portion having a concave distal tip (121)...

A method and apparatus for producing helical slices (4) of an object, such as a potato. The apparatus includes a rotatably mounted knife assembly (21, 29, 31) having one or more sets of knife blades (23, 24) arranged in a spiral pattern. Each set of knife blades produces a set of helically shaped potato slices. The spiral arrangement of each blade set reduces the torque needed to slice an object u...

Device for manufacturing a yarn composed of organic filaments and of glass filaments and which is used for the production of composite products. This device comprises at least one spinneret fed with molten glass, and at least one spinning head fed under pressure with thermoplastic organic material, from which continuous filaments are simultaneously drawn forming a composite yarn when combined...

Manufacture of a composite yarn made up of continuous glass filaments and of thermoplastic organic material. The process according to the invention consists, starting from a first plant, in drawing organic filaments in the form of one or a number of sheets (33, 34) which converge towards the same point (39), in drawing, starting from a second plant, glass filaments combined into at least one yarn ...

BREVET D'INVENTION DISPOSITIF DL FABRICATION D'UN FIL COMPOSITE FORME DE FIBRES DE RENFORCEMENT ET DE MATIERE ORGANIQUE THERMOPLASTIQUE L'invention concerne un dispositif de fabrication d'un fil composé de filaments organiques et de filaments de verre et servant à la réalisation de produits composites. Ce dispositif comprend au moins une filière alimentée en verre fondu, et au moins une tête de fi...

BREVET D'INVENTION PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE FABRICATION D'UN FIL COMPOSITE L'invention concerne la fabrication d'un fil composite formé de filaments continus de verre et de matière organique thermoplastique. Le procédé selon l'invention consiste, à partir d'une première installation, à étirer des filaments organiques sous forme d'une ou plusieurs nappes qui convergent vers un même point, à étirer,...

T 2380 METHOD OF PREPARING POLYETHERCYCLICPOLYOLS Polyethercyclicpolyols are prepared by thermally condensing a polyol having at least three hydroxyl groups of which at least two of the hydroxyl groups are vicinal, precursors of the polyol, cyclic derivatives of the polyol, or mixtures thereof, and controlling process conditions to avoid substantial undesirable degeneration, wherein prior to the c...

The invention relates to civil engineering works. An earth structure (1) is stabilised by discrete elongate strips (3) which extend towards the rear from superposed rows of facework elements (2) having an L-shape. Each row of facework elements (2) is placed behind the row situated below, and the front part (7) of each facework element rests on the vertical part (6) of the facework element situated...

The centrifuge bowl 1 is provided with a separator plate 9 in the spacer fillets 11 of which feed channels 14 are provided for a diluting liquid. The feed channels 14 lead from a central feed chamber 15 to a peripheral region 7 of the centrifuge bowl 1. The addition of diluting liquid into the peripheral region 7 enables the problem-free withdrawal of a heavy product phase of pasty consistency via...

A feeding device for advancing a fiber lap to a fiber processing machine includes a driven a feed roll and a feed tray cooperating with the feed roll and defining a nip therewith for advancing the fiber lap in a feed direction by a clamping effect exerted to the fiber lap in the nip by the feed roll and the feed tray. The feed tray has a working face oriented towards the feed roll and an outer fac...

Apparatuses for bonding textile sheet-like structures comprise a supporting disc (23) for receiving the textile pieces which are to be bonded or the ready bonded textile sheet-like structures (20), and covering means which cover these textile pieces. The covering means have to be folded up at least in a feed and discharge station (27) in order to give access to the textile sheet-like structures (2...

A plastic vessel (10) for containing a hot liquid and having the capability of being placed on a hot plate, burner or the like to maintain the liquid hot includes a top portion (11) molded of a first heat resistant plastic material. A base portion (13) molded of a second plastic material being more heat resistant than the first plastic material is attached to the top portion (11) to close the same...

A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder; a lateral support component situated laterally of the main carding cylinder; and a travelling flats assembly situated above the main carding cylinder and having a working path along an upper circumference. The travelling flats assembly has a first and a second end sprocket positioned at a beginning and at an end, respectively, of the working path...

The automatic dispenser and positioner of non-preformed edge protectors made of flexible material solves the very familiar problem in the industry of how to package packs or pallets with strapping and protect the material to be strapped against being cut into by the strap, and the opposite problem of how to protect plastic straps from being cut into by hard cutting edges of the pack being bound. T...

The ball valve has the peculiarity that the ball-shaped element (14) for cutting off the flow of fluid has a stop and stroke-limit wing (20) which is rigidly associated therewith and which cooperates with opposite abutment elements (9,10) defined in the hollow body (2) of the valve so as to respectively define, when the ball-shaped element is rotated, a flow-allowing stroke limit position and a fl...