An improvement in the sealing of bonded batts of fiberfill is obtained by providing a barrier layer of bonded bicomponent binder fibers on one or both faces of the remainder of the batt to prevent or reduce the tendency of the fiberfill to leak through such faces.

The present invention is related to an abrasive tool comprising a core and abrasive segments attached to said core wherein said abrasive segments comprise a bond material and superabrasive grains and wherein said segments comprise at least two circumferentially spaced regions and wherein said superabrasive grains are alternately dispersed in said regions in high and low concentrations of superabra...

The present invention includes the hardware and software necessary to perform virtually any volume of complex transactions, and particularly a large volume thereof, is disposed in a central Application Processing Front End (APFE) which is shared by a plurality of merchants, thereby spreading the cost of the APFE among a large number of users. By including only the minimum amount of hardware compon...

A water soluble polymer binder for binding a fibrous substrate comprises from about 25 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of an unsaturated carboxylic acid/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer; from about 5 weight percent to about 35 weight percent of a divalent ion inhibitor; and from about 10 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of a hydrophilic cross-linkable polymer. In a p...

A spectrophotometer, comprising a housing in which a measuring system is arranged, which housing has a measuring opening, via which light is passed to the measuring system. The measuring system comprises a grating monochromator, an autocollimator cooperating therewith, and detection means for the light originating from the grating monochromator. The grating monochromator and the autocollimator the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid deterioration of shift shock moderating performance by adjusting the timing of the shift control corresponding to a signal of open degree of an accelerator pedal to the response delay from the accelerator pedal operation in the engine side to the engine torque generation. SOLUTION: The output of a sensor for detecting the open degree of an accelerator pedal is A/D co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the engagement shock of an one-way clutch in an automatic transmission without depending on a lock-up-off, in the conversion from the coasting travelling to the power-on travelling. SOLUTION: In the conversion to the power-on travelling, where the coasting travelling is determined in the last time in 21, and the pedalling of the accelerator pedal is determined this...

PURPOSE:To prevent an automobile from running against an obstacle by making a constitution connecting together friction engaging elements which output a brake actuation signal and makes the brake to function when the processing result of the detected information from an obstacle sensor is in accordance with the specified conditions. CONSTITUTION:An electronic control circuit 400 is equipped with a...

PURPOSE: To provide an apparatus for simultaneously fusion bonding a skin member end and cutting to remove (cutting) the outer peripheral side of the fusion bonded part by preventing fusion bonding failure without increasing in size and noise without particularly paying the processing accuracy and the mounting accuracy of an ultrasonic horn and a receiving member. CONSTITUTION: An ultrasonic horn ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide superior power generating efficiency, while saving the fuel gas by changing the cathode exhaust gas and the compressed air to the high temperature compressed air with a heat exchanger, and burning the fuel gas as an oxidant for a gas turbine combustion unit to drive a high temperature gas turbine for power generation. SOLUTION: Compressed air 20 compressed by an ai...

A device (6) for holding and centering yam tubes (3) for processing while in a vertical orientation on transport disks (2), e.g., for removing a yam remnant (4) at a tube cleaning station. During such processing, the tubes are fixed in place by means of a height-displaceable centering arbor (12) coupled with a circuit arrangement which causes the operating height (h) of the centering arbor (12) to...

The present invention discloses a planishing method for joined sheets made of a thermoplastic material. Welded ends of the plastic sheets are placed between two platens. The platens are heated to raise the temperature of the plastic material a sufficient amount to soften the plastic material without disturbing its molecular structure. The platens are pressed together with a sufficient pressure whi...

A sanitary napkin having an absorbent core with three longitudinally oriented trisections, a central trisection flanked by two outboard trisections. The absorbent core is formed of a single layer of tissue. The single layer of tissue is folded on itself to provide a two-ply thickness at each of the outboard trisections and a single thickness at the central trisection. The two plies of the outboard...

A system for separating biological fluids into components, comprises a set of containers for the biological fluid to be separated and the separated components, optionally an additional container for additive solution, and a hollow centrifugal processing chamber having an axial inlet/outlet for the biological fluid. The processing chamber contains a piston movable to intake a selected quantity of b...

The invention relates to a method for producing a surface having ultraphobic properties. According to the inventive method, a surface is coated with Ni(OH)2 particles, is optionally coated with a bonding agent and is subsequently provided with a hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating.

A method and apparatus (10) for determining the remission of a chemistry (106) which reacts with a medically significant component of a body fluid. The remission of the chemistry (106) changes as it reacts. The method and apparatus (10) include irradiating the chemistry (106) with a radiation source (182), detecting remissions of radiation from the chemistry (106) with a radiation detector (300), ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a through current from flowing at the time of power-on to stabilize the state at this time. SOLUTION: A second supply voltage is supplied to sources of first and second P-type MOS transistors TRs 16 and 20, and sources of first and second N-type MOS TRs 18 and 22 are grounded, and drains of the first P-type MOS TR 17 and the first N-type MOS TR 18 are short-circuit...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the weak lighting of an LED by the induction without using a transformer, in a signal light using an LED as the lighting source. SOLUTION: An induction lighting preventive circuit IPC having a trigger circuit 1 and a switch circuit 2 is provided between the color lights 8G, 8Y, and 8R of a signal lamp, and their power source circuit 3. The trigger circuit 1 has a Z...

PCT No. PCT/DK95/00460 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Nov. 21, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/16387 PCT Pub. Date May 30, 1996A traffic supervision system for transport systems (17) of the type comprising a towing unit and one or more transporting or transported units, the towing unit having a data processing unit (1) with transmit and receive facilities adapted to re...

Invention relating to "PROCESS FOR POLYURETHANE RECYCLING" based on the capacity of polyurethanes to lower their resistance to shearing and hydrolysis by absorption of solvents. The shearing equipment considered as suitable for this process are, in particular, ball mills, sphere mills, plate mills, hammer and that equipment which enable material flowing through slots, holes, screens, sintering mic...