A carbonated semi-solid or solid food having a viscosity of between 2000 and 200,000 centipoise at between 1.5 .degree.C and 25 .degree.C, and a carbonation level of about 0.5 and 4.0 volumes of carbon dioxide per volum e of food. The carbon dioxide is added to the food under pressure with low shear agitation.

A rotary cone bit, having a functionally-engineered surface of this inventio n, comprises a bit body having at least one leg extending therefrom, and a cone that is rotatably disposed on the leg. The cone typically comprises a plurality of cutting elements that project outwardly therefrom. The cutting elements comprises a cermet material selected from th e group consisting of refractory metal carb...

"SISTEMA E PROCESSO COMPUTADORIZADOS DE TRANSFERêNCIA DE DINHEIRO". Sistema computadorizado de transferência de dinheiro que implementa um serviço de transferência de dinheiro para transferir dinheiro de uma entidade remetente para pelo menos uma entidade destinatária. Uma pluralidade de terminais de agente operáveis por agentes do serviço de transferência de dinheiro é interconectada por uma rede...

"APARELHO E MéTODO CONTRA A FALSA IDENTIDADE DE VEìCULO A MOTOR". A presente invenção descreve um aparelho e método contra falsa identidade de um veículo a motor. A identificação do veículo a motor inclui um microcomputador (1), comunicadores (2), aparelho anti-furto (3) e mostradores de informação (4). O aparelho contra a falsa identidade de veiculo a motor é instalado sobre a placa de licença do...

"PURIFICADOR DE AR". O purificador de ar, que em apenas um elemento, adaptado a válvulas, torneiras e caixas de descarga tem como principal função aromatizar o ambiente proporcionando assim, que o banheiro sempre esteja perfumado. O dito purificador é constituído por um refil conforme (7) cuja adaptação é feita conforme sua utilização, podendo ser em válvulas, torneiras e caixas de descarga, o ref...

An exemplary controller includes a control valve that includes an electric actuator operatively coupled to a valve stem, a piston operatively coupled to one or more hydraulic fluid paths controlled by the control valve and including a piston shaft, a rotatable shaft operatively coupled to the piston shaft and mechanically isolated from the valve stem and capable of adjusting geometry of the variab...

An electric operation apparatus including: a high frequency current generating circuit for feeding a high frequency current to electrodes; a direct power supply circuit for supplying variable electric power to the high frequency current generating circuit; a therapeutic condition monitoring circuit for monitoring a therapeutic condition brought about by the high frequency current on the basis of t...

Disclosed is a heat-shrinkable polyester film having a specific composition. A heat shrinkage factor of a 10 cm square sample of the film in a maximal shrinkage direction of the film is not less than 20% under the condition that the sample is immersed in hot water of 85° C. for 10 seconds, and then in water of 25° C. for 10 seconds. The number of test pieces of the film having a rupture ratio of n...

The present invention obtains an automatic mode switching of DC plasma torches through, which easily switches DC plasma torches to be run between a transmitting mode and a non-transmitting mode and put the switching device under the monitor and the control of a current sensor and a current level controller; the heat generated by the current passing through can be transferred by a non-combustible l...

An appearance inspection apparatus and method using at least one telecentric lens, although at least two is preferred and at least a corresponding number of line sensors arranged in parallel with the image capture direction for inspecting a large circuit board. When two lenses are used two images are formed, which partially overlap each other. If image data for one line is captured in this state, ...

A scanning analyzer unit comprises a scanner device, a signal amplifier, an analog/digital converter, a driver device, a controller device, a computing unit, and a RS-232 interface. After chemical, biological, or chemi-enzymatic reaction, a resulting color change of a testing support through reacted multi-chromogens therein is quantified by means of the scanning analyzer unit. Via the sensitivity ...

An electrochemical analyte sensor formed using conductive traces on a substrate can be used for determining and/or monitoring a level of analyte in in vitro or in vivo analyte-containing fluids. For example, an implantable sensor may be used for the continuous or automatic monitoring of a level of an analyte, such as glucose, lactate, or oxygen, in a patient. The electrochemical analyte sensor inc...

An application watchdog, comprising a dedicated watchdog counter in the hardware layer and a watchdog driver operating in the kernel mode layer of the computer operating system. The driver comprises a system thread configured to monitor a plurality of designated user applications operating in the user mode of the operating system and a message passing interface for receiving periodic signals from ...

An active and stable catalyst for isomerizing linear olefins to methyl branc hed isoolefins is provided by (a) mixing (i) a zeolite powder containing at least one zeolite with at least one one-dimensional por e structure having pore size small enough to retard by-p roduct dimerization and coke formation and large enough to permit entry of the line ar olefin and allow formation of the methyl branch...

"DISPOSITIVO DE COMUNICAçãO PORTáTIL INTEGRANDO O CONTROLE REMOTO PARA OS DESVIOS DAS LINHAS FERROVIáRIAS E O MOVIMENTO DE UMA LOCOMOTIVA EM UM PáTIO FERROVIáRIO". é fornecido um dispositivo de comunicação (14) para o controle da operação de uma locomotiva (10) não tripulada em uma disposição de linhas (16) em um pátio ferroviário. A locomotiva é operável dentro de uma pluralidade de rotas alterna...

"PNEUMáTICO". Pneumático (1) que compreende talões (6) destinados a cooperar com um aro de montagem de diâmetro máximo Dc; os ditos talões compreendendo pelo menos uma estrutura anular (60) de reforço de talão, um topo (4) e de uma lado e de outro do topo do pneumático, um flanco (2) que assegura a ligação com cada talão (6), uma armadura de carcaça (3) destinada a equilibrar os esforços da pressã...

The invention relates to a cup-shaped hydraulic piston ( 10 ) made from rolled sheet metal, which comprises an open end ( 12 ), a side wall ( 16 ) with a cylindrical outer surface ( 18 ) and an inner surface ( 22 ), as well as a piston head ( 14 ). The side wall ( 16 ) at its outer surface ( 18 ) is provided with an annular groove ( 20 ) in a portion adjoining the open end ( 12 ). To ensure a ligh...

An axle module having axle shaft electronic torque management is provided. The axle module includes a housing and a differential carrier rotatably supported within the housing. A differential gear set is rotatably supported within the differential carrier and includes an integrated side gear pressure plate. A clutch pack, which contacts the differential gear seat and the differential carrier, is l...

The invention relates to a method for treatment of water, permitting the physico-chemical treatment of water, including a ballasted flocculation stage using a granular ballast material with a density greater than water, followed by, a stage of gravity separation of the treated water and the flocculent mass, a stage of separation of the granular material, recycled for the flocculation stage and the...

An object of the present invention is to provide a biaxially oriented high quality polyester film excellent in thermal dimensional stability and clarity and also excellent in productivity, and also to provide a production process thereof. Another object is to provide a biaxially oriented polyester film greatly improved in the practical properties respected in various applications of the polyester ...