A method of manufacturing a brake shoe, comprising the steps of laminating at least one band-shaped friction lining on a brake shoe main body through an adhesive agent layer so as to form a laminated body, bringing a plurality of releasable heat resisting rubber-made elastic members which are installed in a rigid holder into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the friction lining, and hea...

This invention is a prosthetic linkage (110) for use with skeletal muscle (M). The linkage (110) includes a plurality of longitudinally extending filaments (14) forming a strand (12). The strand (12) has a first portion (20) that includes a core portion (22) wherein the filaments (14) extend generally parallel to each other, and an exterior portion (24) wherein the filaments (14) are braided along...

The combination of ingredients, especially for use in the formulation of a one or two-pack retroreflective ink, comprising retroreflective elements, microbeads additional to said retroreflective elements and/or constituting said retroreflective elements at least in part, binder chemicals for attaching the retroreflective elements and microbeads to a substrate to which the ink is to be applied, and...

In a device and method for processing a slaughtered animal or a part thereof, the slaughtered animal or the part thereof is conveyed on a holding support of a carrier connected to an overhead conveyor. The holding support is provided with devices for fixing the slaughtered animal or part thereof. The carrier is conveyed past filleting tools disposed in an essentially fixed orientation, while the h...

The present invention relates to a polyester film for decorative plate or decorative sheet, which comprises a base polyester film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of said base polyester film, wherein said polyester film for decorative plate or decorative sheet has an optical density of 0.1 to 5.0, a b value of not less than -0.5 and longitudinal and transverse heat shrinkage perc...

A porous polyester film having an apparent specific gravity of not more than 1.3, which comprises a polyester film having many voids (layer (A)) comprising a polyester and a thermoplastic resin incompatible with said polyester, and a polyester film having many fine voids (layer (B)) comprising a polyester and inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of not more than 1 mu m, the tw...

An apparatus for the detection of surface flaws in material having a surface which is partially reflective includes at least one light source arranged to direct incident light on a surface of an at least partially reflective material, and a light detector disposed above the surface of the material. The light detector and the at least one light source are arranged relative to each other such that, ...

An image detection apparatus (10) having an illumination system (IS) irradiates light onto the surface (30S) of an object 30 to be inspected for defects. A detection optical system (34) condenses the light from the surface and forms an image of the surface on an image detector (48). The detection optical system includes a receiving mirror (38) having an optical axis (A38) that intersects the refer...

A method 201 and implementing system 101 are provided in which information processing system resources are monitored for variant conditions which may exceed acceptable tolerances. A continued count of failed readings is maintained 207 and only when the number of failed condition readings exceed a predetermined failure repetition constant 209, is the operating system notified to take appropriate ac...

A method of detecting an alarm indication signal in a bitstream when the detection criterion is that a specified event occurs less than a predetermined number of times in a sliding window of a specified number of time periods comprising: tracking the age of the most recent predetermined number of the specified events, comparing the age to the specified number of time periods, and generating an ala...

A polymeric film has a substrate layer of polyester material and an antistatic layer containing a polyester/polyalkylene oxide copolymer and a salt, the ratio by weight of copolymer/salt being in the range from 0.1 to 100/1. The copolymer is preferably a polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene oxide block copolymer and the salt is preferably an alkali metal salt. The film exhibits low Surface Resi...

PCT No. PCT/CH91/00277 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 24, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 24, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 20, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/12018 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 1992.A reinforcement assemblage formed at least in part of continuous monofilaments of liquid crystal organic polymer or polymers, characterized by the following features: (a) the diameter Dm of the monofilaments is at least equal to 40 mu m and ...

A process for producing rigid polyurethane foam by using 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) as the blowing agent while substantially preventing the generation of decomposition products of HCFC-141b. The process comprises foaming a mixture of a polyol with an organic polyisocyanate in the presence of HCFC-141b and a stabilizer thereof by using an organometallic catalyst or/and an imidazole cat...

An arc plasma torch having a tapered-bore electrode provides a long, columnar plasma arc. The torch includes a torch housing, a tapered-bore electrode, a gas-constricting nozzle, and a swirling gas flow generator. The electrode is mounted within the housing and has a closed inner end and an open outer mouth. The electrode has a longitudinally extending, tapered bore. The bore has its largest dimen...

A thermoplastic polyester composition comprising a thermoplastic polyester (A) prepared from an acid component mainly comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and a glycol component mainly comprising an aliphatic glycol and THETA -type aluminum oxide particles (B); another thermoplastic polyester composition comprising the thermoplastic polyester (A) and a mixture (C) of at least two kinds of alu...

The magnetic tape is designed to provide a good thermal resistance characteristic with a small thermal shrinkage coefficient. The tape is produced with a base foil of polyethyleneenterephlate that is heat treated before a surface coating is formed. The coating is produced from needle shaped Fe powder combined with vinyl chloride resin, urethane resin, polyisocyanate, butylstearate, cyclohexanon, m...

The invention concerns a security object holder bag comprising a flat body (1) having at least one compartment, a laminar extension determining a wide orifice (3) starting from said compartment, said extension comprising a movable/separable part (4) attached by its two ends to two flaps of said flat body (1) by means of length-adjustable connecting means. A holding element (14) that can be fastene...

SE PRESENTA UN METODO PARA PRODUCIR UN MATERIAL EN FORMA DE POLVO RECUBIERTO. EN EL METODO, EL METAL FUNDIDO O LA ALEACION DE METAL ES OBLIGADO A CAER EN UNA CORRIENTE (3) Y ENTONCES SE ATOMIZA CON UN AEROSOL. UN MATERIAL LIQUIDO O SOLIDO DE COMPOSICION DIFERENTE SE INTRODUCE Y SE OBLIGA A PONERSE EN CONTACTO CON LA CORRIENTE O CON EL AEROSOL DE MANERA QUE SE FORME UN REVESTIMIENTO SOBRE LA SUPERF...

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LA PRESENTE INVENCION ESTA RELACIONADA CON UN AGLUTINANTE QUE SE PREPARA A PARTIR DE POLIESTERES AROMATICOS MEDIANTE TRANSFORMACION CON POLIOLES Y REACCION CON ESTERES DE ACIDOS GRASOS, ASI COMO CON UN PROCEDIMIENTO PARA PREPARAR ESTE AGLUTINANTE, ESPECIALMENTE INDICADO PARA OBTENER POLIURETANO APLICABLE A LA PREPARACION DE RECUBRIMIENTOS PARA SUELOS CON PROPIEDADES ESPECIALMENTE FAVORABLES.; Bind...