The apparatus for the continuous clarifying of liquids containing suspended solid substances comprises a flotation cell (1) with a liquid head height of less than 1 meter, with a ratio between the liquid head and the cell diameter comprised between 0.25 and 0.05. The cell (1) has a bottom axial inlet (2) for liquid to be clarified, supersaturated with gas, so as to generate an axial ascending curr...

A novel benzodiazepine derivative represented by general formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and a process for producing the same. In formula (I), R<1> represents optionally substituted aryl, five-membered monocyclic group, six-membered monocyclic group or aromatic heterocyclic group comprising five-membered and six-membered rings; and R<2...

PCT No. PCT/CH93/00014 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 18, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 18, 1993 PCT Filed Jan. 21, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/13737 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 1993.The device represented in its storage position contains essentially a body (11) in synthetic material containing a reservoir (10) containing a medicinal substance (29). The body (11) is fitted with an applicator nozzle (15). The reservoir (10...

PCT No. PCT/CH93/00014 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 18, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 18, 1993 PCT Filed Jan. 21, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/13737 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 1993.The device represented in its storage position contains essentially a body (11) in synthetic material containing a reservoir (10) containing a medicinal substance (29). The body (11) is fitted with an applicator nozzle (15). The reservoir (10...

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RUBBER-CONTAINING GRAFT COPOLYMER PARTICLES Rubber-containing graft copolymer particles having excellent powder properties are prepared by mixing, with 100 parts by weight (as solid content) of a slurry of a rubber-containing graft copolymer (A), 0.1 to 10 parts by weight (as solid content) of a rigid non-elastic polymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 40.degree....

A batteryless, portable, frequency divider includes a first resonant circuit (L1, C1, D1) that is resonant at a first frequency for receiving electromagnetic radiation (134) at the first frequency; and a second resonant circuit (L2, C2, D2) that is resonant at a second frequency that is one-half the first frequency for transmitting electromagnetic radiation (138) at the second frequency; and a cir...

A frequency divider (10) includes an inductor (L) connected in parallel with a variable capacitance (C) to to define a resonant circuit for detecting electromagnetic radiation (34) at a first predetermined frequency and for responding to said detection by transmitting electromagnetic radiation (38) at a second frequency that is one-half the first frequency, with the circuit being resonant at the s...

Anode and cathode means are provided for a metal halide lamp which cooperate in providing more rapid light output during lamp start-up. A xenon-metal halide lamp employing the improved discharge electrode means is disclosed along with an automotive headlamp having this lamp for its light source.

PCT No. PCT/FI94/00413 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 6, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 6, 1996 PCT Filed Sep. 19, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/08900 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 30, 1995A mobile communication system and a method for connecting a remote workstation to a data network via a mobile communication network, which allow a remote workstation to be connected more flexibly over a radio path by providing a special intercon...

PCT No. PCT/SE87/00021 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 15, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 15, 1987 PCT Filed Jan. 19, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/04408 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 1987.Pallet comprising base members (1-3) and crosswise members or tubes (4) perpendicularly thereto, especially a disposable pallet. According to the invention the pallet comprises base members (1-3) made by winding a web material coated with glu...

A method and an apparatus for the thermoforming of hollow objects from a sheet of thermoplastics material, which effects in one single operating cycle: - the production of a pressed object(s) by hot forming and cutting out of the object(s) between one half of a movable double female mould 6, 7 which is located in the forming area opposite a male die 3, - movement of the female half of the mould ...

A fuel injection system comprising a fuel injection pump, at least one fuel injection nozzle connected thereto, and a control device for varying the rate of injection of the system according to varying engine parameters. The control device has a variable volume chamber, the volume of which is varied by a piston located by a piezoelectric actuator. The variable volume chamber and a pumping chamber ...

The electronic lock cylinder comprises a housing (1) with a cylinder core (9) which is mounted rotatably therein and which can be blocked in the conventional way by a key (15) via mechanical tumblers (21). The lock cylinder and the key (15) are assigned electronic control circuits (45, 47) which can be inductively coupled via coupling coils (43, 49) for the transmission of coding information. The ...

An electronic locking arrangement comprising a lock unit (17) and a key unit (19) is proposed. Each of the units has a control circuit (35, 41) and a transmitting and receiving circuit (33, 47, 39, 43) which transmit information signals inductively via coupling coils (21, 23) to the control circuit (35, 41) of the other particular unit. The transmitting and receiving circuit of the lock unit (17) ...

A method of molding and coating in a mold a thermosetting substrate includng the steps of forming the substrate between at least two separable dies which form a mold cavity therebetween, curing the substrate to the point that the substrate is receptive to a coating, injecting the coating into the mold cavity at a pressure substantially in excess of the mold cavity pressure while maintaining the di...

A device which serves as an artificial pancreas comprises a hollow fiber (12) which is surrounded by islets of Langerhans (14) enclosed in a housing (22). The islets are suspended in a temperature sensitive matrix (25) which is sufficiently viscous to support islets at a temperature below about 45 DEG C and sufficiently fluid to enable removal of islet suspension at a temperature above about 45 D...

A device which serves as an artificial pancreas comprises a hollow fiber (12) which is surrounded by islets of Langerhans (14) enclosed in a housing (22). The islets are suspended in a temperature sensitive matrix (25) which is sufficiently viscous to support islets at a temperature below about 45 DEG C and sufficiently fluid to enable removal of islet suspension at a temperature above about 45 D...

The invention relates to a process for producing composite materials, particularly double floor plates from binders and fibres (feedstock) hardening by hydration with mixing water, in which a) all the feedstock is mixed, the water-binder ratio being w ?1.5 wo, b) the thus produced fresh material is homogeneously spread in the form of a fleece, c) the fleece is compressed to a bulk density of min. ...